Events & Collaborations
BFF Student Success Sessions (2024)
Collaboration with 21st Century Academy of Academic Excellence to support high school students in scholarship applications, financial aid questions, and additional personal finance tasks that accompany the college process
Coming soon!
Impact: TBA
BFF X LUM Personal Finance Education (2023-2024)
Conducted focus groups with Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM) to support financial education in the families they serve
Resulted in creation of Banzai personal finance page for LUM clients in Partnership with Purdue Federal Credit Union
Impact: (in progress)
BFF X FGS Personal Finance Collaboration (2024)
Collaboration with First Gen Support
Coming soon!
Impact: 100 people educated
BFF X Management Leadership for Tomorrow: Personal Finance and Achieving Financial Freedom
(2024)
Will teach Management Leadership for Tomorrow fellows about founder's investment and personal finance approach
January 25, 2024
Impact: 26 student educated
BFF X WLPL x Money Smart Week (2023)
Collaboration with West Lafayette Public Library
April 29, 2023
Educated students on money management through an interactive presentation, followed by a panel with college entrepreneurs
Impact: 7+ students educated
BFF X WLPL x Symposium on Global Money Week (2023)
Collaboration with Data Youth Foundation (Adamawa State, Nigeria)
April 1, 2023
Educated students on financial literacy, our co-founder's personal finance advocacy, and described the subject's importance from a local to global context to inspire youth involvement in the field
Impact: 40+ students educated
BFF X NEU BBSA Financial Resources Collaboration (2023)
Collaboration with Northeastern University's Black Business Student Association
Created financial education resource list in March
Impact: 15 people equipped and educated
BFF: Intro to Investing (2022)
Taught about investing through a panel focused on the following topics: Stocks, Mutual Funds/ETF's, and Cryptocurrency
Speakers: CEO and Investment Strategist Bahiyah Shabazz, Real Estate Agent and Investor Ashley Patterson, and CEO of Redwoods Justin Luke Riley
Impact: 40 attendees educated
Money Mentality 101 (2021)
Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual
Taught teenagers and young adults about the following topics: saving, spending, protecting, giving, and growing one's money
Speakers: Northwestern Mutual Financial Advisors Nick Savoy and Eddie Gill
Impact: 10 attendees educated
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