Highly Sensitive and Socially Active: Financial Perspectives from Jasmine Rashid

Highly Sensitive Money with Diana Gisel Yañez

Highly Sensitive and Socially Active: Financial Perspectives from Jasmine Rashid

In this episode of Highly Sensitive Money, Diana Yanez interviews Jasmine Rashid, who shares her journey into social justice and financial activism. Based in Oakland, Jasmine works at an impact investment advisory firm and is the author of the forthcoming book, 'The Financial Activist Playbook.'

Jasmine discusses her mixed-race background, her family's financial volatility, and her father's transition from Bangladeshi immigrant to financial planner. The conversation covers the psychological complexities of money, the shame surrounding financial discussions, and Jasmine's commitment to creating a more inclusive financial system. She also highlights her involvement with the Trauma of Money method and the Just Economy Institute, both of which focus on addressing financial trauma and advocating for economic justice.

About our Guest:

Jasmine Rashid is a financial activist, writer, and impact investing professional, raised on Long Island, New York and based in Oakland, CA. In her role as Director of Impact for Candide Group, she helps investors flow their money to predominately women & BIPOC-led social justice-focused companies, funds, and vital organizations building the next economy. Her activism has included successfully supporting the #FamiliesBelongTogether coalition in shifting billions of dollars in big bank financing away from the migrant detention and private prison industry.

Her forthcoming book — The Financial Activist Playbook — builds on her knowledge base as a Congressman John Lewis fellow, Just Economy Institute alum, Trauma of Money Method certified practitioner, and lived experience as a girl in her late 20s just trying her best to navigate contradictions under Late Capitalism (and help build something better).

The key moments in this episode are:

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:13 Jasmine's Background and Money Story
05:21 Impact of Financial Mobility
07:41 Hope and Financial Activism
10:23 The Financial Activist Playbook
14:58 Highly Sensitive People in Social Justice
20:04 Healing Money Trauma
27:40 Breaking Money Taboos
34:02 Examples of Financial Activism
39:55 Money Mentors and Personal Finance
45:08 Conclusion and Book Information

Resources:

Jasmine’s website
The Financial Activist Playbook
The Trauma of Money
Just Economy Institute
Money Out loud
The Barber of Little Rock
allthecolors.net for the Money Archetypes Quiz