1.What financial habits were modeled for you growing up?

2.What would economic dignity look like in your community?

3.What are the emotional costs of financial instability?

4.How do systemic barriers block wealth-building in your community?

5.What could a Black-owned economy look like locally?

6.How do you define financial freedom?

7.What money wounds does your community need to heal?

8.How does racism show up in hiring, promotions, or business funding?

9.What narratives about wealth do we need to rewrite?

10.What’s the real cost of always being in survival mode?

11.How has underinvestment affected Black neighborhoods?

12.What’s the impact of limited access to loans or capital?

13.What would collective economics look like where you live?

14.What skills or trades have been devalued or excluded?

15.Who owns the businesses in your neighborhood—and why?

16.What would it take for your community to reclaim economic power?

17.How does consumerism affect your sense of self-worth?

18.How would it feel to build generational wealth on your own terms?

19.What role does reparations play in the conversation on thriving?

20.How does your community invest in itself?