Design Influence Season II — Episode 2: Chosen Friends and Family

In this episode of the Design Influence podcast, Isabelle Swiderski hosts Kevin Jones. Kevin is a sucessful serial entrepreneur. He and his wife have built media and event businesses centered on niche communities — including the influential SOCAP Conference. Kevin is currently focussed, amongst other efforts, on helping communities of faith take seriously the call to economic justice through faithfinance.net.

In their conversation, Isabelle and Kevin dive into the early days of impact investing and ways in which systemic inequalities can be tackled as we reinvent our financial and philanthropic vehicles.

For generations, the systematic exclusion of Black families from access to home ownership, white collar jobs, college, and voting has resulted in a widening racial wealth gap that has yet to be overcome. According to the Brookings Institute, in 2019, the median white household’s wealth was 7.8 times that of the typical Black household. So, what does this mean for Black entrepreneurs emerging in 2022 in the United States?

Have a listen.