Embracing Giving Tuesday and Changing the Face of Finance
Having just celebrated Thanksgiving, a holiday we cherish for the custom and encouragement to both reflect on and to share all we are grateful for, we at Nia are enjoying leftovers today and choosing to #OptOutside. We love the opportunity to connect with nature rather than shopping on Black Friday. Do join us out for a hike in Oakland’s beautiful Jaaquin Miller park if you are free! Today we are also excited to announce our plans for Giving Tuesday 2017 and to encourage our
Doubling Down on Impact: Leveraging all that I have for the world I want to see
Story featured in GreenMoneyJournal.com here. As an impact investor, a financial change agent and entrepreneur, my money story centers around aligning assets with values. At Nia Impact Advisors, we move investment dollars into the companies that matter—those working to create the world in which we want to live. I come by this work having grown up immersed in the belly of our financial markets. As a child, money was tight; often a stressful topic at our house. Money messages i
What is a "Manel" and Why is it Unacceptable for Impact Investing?
Image Courtesy of Oxfam Blogs: Should Men Avoid All Male Panels “Manels”—the term I am using here to refer to the all-male panel--are so common in most industry events, we don’t often stop to question them. From television commentators, to conferences, to business schools, in board rooms, at the White House—manels make up the typical faces and voices framing discussions and shaping public opinion. For the world of impact investors, fall is conference season. Between SOCAP, Op
