Participatory Action Research - Just Money: Using Finance as a Tool for Social Change

Principal Investigator
Dayna Cunningham, Community Innovators Lab, Urban Studies and Planning; Dr. Katrin Kaeufer, Community Innovators Lab, Urban Studies and Planning
Fund: Alumni Class Funds
Funding Period: AY2022
Department/Lab/Center: Urban Studies and Planning
Educational Initiative: Community Innovators Lab

This project proposes an online-to-offline learning environment for undergraduate students in the field of racial justice and economic inclusion, working with financial institutions serving marginalized communities and using finance as a tool for social change. Through an innovative participatory action research (PAR) prototyping process and working with a global network of socially innovative financial institutions, undergraduates will have an opportunity to take on one of the most daunting challenges for economic recovery in the wake of Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter: how to create financial products that can help advance economic inclusion and justice.