A Reading List for the Social Justice Investor Community

I wrote this book to be a guide for those who want to align their finance decisions with their commitments to social justice. Our retirement accounts, even our rainy-day savings accounts can be a powerful extension of our values, while still bringing returns that meet our needs for expected and unexpected life events. We can use our financial decisions to build an inclusive economy, bridge the racial wealth gap, combat climate change, defund private prisons, support LGBTQ+ friendly policies, and more.

A leading social justice investor, and ‘Energy Boost’ author in The Social Justice Investor, explains the world of impact investing — investing in businesses and projects with a social and financial return–and shows what it takes to make sustainable, transformative change.

‘Energy Boost’ contributor and experienced social justice investor, Janine Firpo, shares inspiring stories of women’s personal finance journeys alongside actionable investment strategies.

Heather McGee travels across America to better understand the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks.

With an entrepreneur-centric approach, Believe-In-You Money challenges the system failure surrounding Black companies and shows us what needs to be done in order to change the way we support Black companies and how we think about wealth.

An important look at the colonial history of philanthropy, exposing the remaining oppressive systems and suggesting ways to heal the harmful divides.

A step-by-step guide to mindful spending, earning, and investing — plus a no-shame approach to understanding your personal relationship with money.

A practical, accessible guide to your financial life, helping readers examine their beliefs and experiences around money with practical advice for financial empowerment.

An inspiring read that brings together Western science and Indigenous knowledge to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.