Detroit Alliance for Access and Assets*
Building Financial Power Together
*formerly known as the Detroit Coalition on the Intersection of Disability, Race, Ethnicity and Poverty
Mission statement:
To address the systemic challenges people with disabilities in BIPOC communities face as a result of their intersecting identities.
About the Detroit Alliance
Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Americans with disabilities face unique systemic challenges as a result of their intersecting identities. The goal of the Coalition is to have conversations on intersectionality and break down the unintentional silos that can impede potential holistic practical solutions to the complex economic challenges faced by individuals of color with a disability by promoting an ecosystem of collaboration between key stakeholder groups, organizations serving individuals with a disability, organizations offering financial empowerment services and organizations serving communities of color.
Alliance Lead
Sitara Govender
Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency
With leadership support from:
Camille Proctor
The Color of Autism
Denise Steele
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Lori Hill
Disability Network Wayne County-Detroit
Join the Alliance
Join the Detroit Alliance for Access and Assets to address barriers to financial stability and financial resilience which contribute to the significant wealth gap faced by these communities.
Download the Detroit Equity Ally Badge
Participants and coalition members can use this badge for a variety of organizational materials, including in social media graphics, newsletters, blog posts, PowerPoint presentations and website pages (or site footers). For additional guidance, read these instructions.
Detroit Regional Roundtable
Addressing Financial Stability Challenges at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Poverty and Disability – January 25, January 27 and February 2, 2022
The goal of the Roundtable held on January 25, January 27, and February 2, 2022 was twofold: (1) to bring together community nonprofit and other organizations working on economic and racial equity, with disability and financial inclusion partners in the Detroit area and (2) to identify and begin work on action plans and concrete steps those organizations could jointly take to address some of the barriers to financial stability and financial resilience that contribute to the significant wealth gap faced by BIPOC communities with disability.
The Detroit Alliance for Access and Assets was made possible with the generous support of JPMorgan Chase.
