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WHAT IF?
Today’s modern society prides itself on breeding new ideas, new innovation, and new growth at the intersection of government, commerce, the arts, and more… but what if value creation didn’t have to come with social destruction? What if the system so focused on creating more was just as focused on protecting our most vulnerable?
10SEVEN IS TRANSFORMING SYSTEMS OF FINANCIAL TRAUMA AND OPPRESSION INTO SYSTEMS THAT PRIORITIZE WEALTH JUSTICE AND HEALING.
We partner with leaders and institutions from across the private sector. This includes cultural influencers and activists, as well as financial institutions who acknowledge their role in inflicting trauma and want to make a change. Leveraging our proprietary research and collaborative approach, we help our partners invest in meaningful impact.
TO US, CHANGING THE NARRATIVE MEANS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO "FIX" FINANCIAL TRAUMA AND DISMANTLE AN INHERENTLY HARMFUL FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
Intersectional Solutions
Whether we are partnering with a leading academic institution providing financial education or a corporation looking to change its policies, we take an unapologetically intersectional lens to everything we do. This means we consider the identities and circumstances of the ultimate beneficiaries of our clients' services and programs-and how that informs resulting financial situations and trauma. Each client engagement is unique and considers the organization's specific goals and capacity to make a tangible impact.
Groundbreaking Research
Research underlies everything that we do. We embark on custom research engagements and projects with clients who are interested in learning more about how financial and other types of trauma are prevalent among their target audiences. We also leverage our proprietary Traumagraph™ a living, interactive map that tracks and contextualizes incidences of financial trauma and economic violence in the US. A research-backed approach allows us to gather a comprehensive fact base that informs how we can help marginalized groups navigate the financial system and promote healing. It shines a light on a system built to harm.
A Path to Healing
Healing is not a fixed journey. It is difficult and uneven. As we better understand how financial harm has traumatized historically marginalized communities, the more complicated the path to healing becomes. It involves sitting and processing difficult feelings, providing language for abuse, and admitting wrong doing. We provide the space and mediums to do this and help clients forge a better path forward. Are you up for the challenge?
OUR FOUNDER: CHLOE B. MCKENZIE
Chloe McKenzie is a celebrated wealth justice activist and 10Seven's principal research investigator. Before 10Seven, BlackFem, and The 10Seven Project, McKenzie experienced financial trauma firsthand but did not have the language to understand or explain what happened to her. She grew up in Prince George's County MD, one of only a handful of counties where Black families out-earn white families. She witnessed financial privilege and abuse work hand-in-hand.
She briefly found fulfillment as a mortgage trader on Wall Street and as a financial counselor to Black women. The work and perpetual economic violence she witnessed at the hand of the financial system eventually made her question everything.
Committed to doing better for herself and the most marginalized groups forced to participate. in an inherently harmful financial system, BlackFem was founded in 2015, followed by 10Seven and the The 10Seven Project in 2021.
She briefly found fulfillment as a mortgage trader on Wall Street and as a financial counselor to Black women. The work and perpetual economic violence she witnessed at the hand of the financial system eventually made her question everything.
Committed to doing better for herself and the most marginalized groups forced to participate. in an inherently harmful financial system, BlackFem was founded in 2015, followed by 10Seven and the The 10Seven Project in 2021.
OUR FAMILY OF BRANDS
It all started with BlackFem. Founded in 2015, it is a non-profit organization that provides educational programing to Black women and girls. It has gained national recognition for its curriculum design, pedagogy, and research.
In 2021, 10Seven was created to meet increasing client demand for deeper organizational change and provide bespoke consulting services.
The 10Seven Project was founded to live alongside BlackFem as a non-profit organization focused on providing educational programming to groups beyond the Black community that are affected by financial trauma. It was important to us that BlackFem stayed focused on its core beneficiaries - Black women and girls. The 10Seven Project allows us to expand our reach to other groups that will benefit from our work.