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Let’s Dismantle the Wealth Gap

Read:

• Everything Naomi Loved (ages 5-8)
• Mimi’s Village (Ages 3-12), content warning for death of a child
• Maddi’s Fridge (Ages 4-8)

Watch

• The Disturbing History of the Suburbs

Discuss:

• What is the wealth gap? Why is it growing larger every year?
• What is food insecurity? Why do some people have plenty of food, and some don’t have enough?
• What is healthcare accessibility? Why do some have access to health care, but others don’t?
• What is gentrification? How is it a form of displacement?
• What is saviorism? How is it different from allyship or accomplice work?

Take Action:

• Mapping Inequality: How was your neighborhood affected by redlining? If it’s not on this map, does your city share resources on historical redlining and race-based policies?
• Donate $5 to 25 to City Life/Vida Urbana – a grassroots community organization committed to fighting for racial, social and economic justice and gender equality by building working class power.
• Tell Congress: It’s time to pass paid leave, and raise the minimum wage, and increase pay transparency!
• Tell Congress: End the child care crisis

Additional resources to dig deeper into this topic:

• Housing Equity & Accessible Shelter
• Women’s Equal Pay Day
• Dismantling Wealth Inequality 101, a 7-part guide
• Overcoming False Scarcity & Xenophobia with ‘Shelter’
• Galvanizing Kids Books About Poverty Inspiring Kids To Give Back
• Safe & Affordable Housing: Easy Read Edition, via ASAN
• How Stocks Work (ages 12+)
• For Luminary Braintrust members: Talking with kids about Criminalizing Poverty in Robin Hood