Fricker (2007) describes something called epistemic injustice, the harm done when prejudice causes someone’s testimony to be dismissed, or when… Read more: Whose Knowledge Counts

I get asked sometimes why I lean on phenomenology, a fairly unfamiliar word to bring into a conversation about financial… Read more: Four Hundred People Over Seventeen Years

Most financial literacy programs are built on an assumption nobody bothers to state out loud: that financial literacy is primarily… Read more: An Unexamined Assumption

Here’s a finding that reframed how we think about measuring our own program’s effectiveness. Early on, we assessed our financial… Read more: The Test That Showed Nothing, Then Showed Everything

“I search for financial literacy programs for my clients, and I find dozens of options. They all say they teach… Read more: A Case Manager’s Question I Still Can’t Answer

That’s the share of our own residents who told us the financial literacy program we’d referred them to was “not… Read more: The 73% Number

“The budgeting worksheet is useless when you have zero income. I need information about applying for benefits and emergency assistance.”… Read more: Useless at Zero Income

Story from the field: a real disconnect between curriculum and survival need. Anchored to: resident evaluation quote about needing housing… Read more: The Eviction Record

Picture three case managers in three different offices, each trying to do right by their clients. One works from the… Read more: Three People, Three Definitions, Same Word

Here’s a number that should unsettle anyone who thinks financial literacy education is primarily about closing a knowledge gap: at… Read more: 35% of Our Residents Have College Degrees