INVEST FEST EMPOWERS OVER 20,000 PEOPLE OF COLOR IN ATLANTA WITH FINANCIAL EDUCATION

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 - ATLANTA, GA --- “Thousands flocked to Atlanta late last month to attend Invest Fest, a three-day financial empowerment festival geared toward Black and brown communities. The annual summit showcased an array of world-class experts, celebrities, entrepreneurs, executives, and influencers who spoke on a wide variety of topics about entrepreneurship and finance.”

“Event organizers say more than 20,000 people attended Invest Fest, which took place Aug. 25–27 at the Georgia World Congress Center, while the VIP Night kickoff was held at Guardian Works in downtown Atlanta. Now in its third year, the festival was created by Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, the co-founders of the popular financial education podcast and multimedia platform Earn Your Leisure (EYL), to equip millennials of color with wealth-building strategies and tools.”

“We created Earn Your Leisure and now Invest Fest to marry culture and commerce,” said the co-founders in a joint statement. “We know that information and resources about financial literacy, investing, entrepreneurship, and building generational wealth have traditionally been inaccessible for our culture. Our goal with Invest Fest is to make this information available for our communities, and to do it in a way that is entertaining and enriching.”

Source: Black Enterprise (Selena Hill)