Black college grads on average owe more in student loans than White grads, tripling their debt over time, according to the Brookings Institution. Emancipator columnist and Globe senior opinion writer Kimberly Atkins Stohr hosts a virtual fireside chat with Rep. Ayanna Pressley, revealing urgent ways to transform the student debt crisis as a true form of reparations.

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Mandi Woodruff-Santos is an inclusive wealth-building advocate, career coach, and co-host of the popular podcast Brown Ambition. She’s a regular contributor to Yahoo! Finance Live, and her personal finance and career advice has also been featured on The Dr. Phil Show, The New York Times, CNBC, CNN, Business Insider, Essence, Teen Vogue, and U.S. News & World Report. She manages her own multimedia brand offering financial and career guidance across many platforms. She recently published her free online guide called The Just Quit! Toolkit, which has helped teach more than 3,000 people how to quit their way rich.

Follow her for more tips on career and wealth building:

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