AGENDA

ABOUT ROCK THE STREET, WALL STREET

OUR MISSION

Rock The Street, Wall Street is a financial and investment

literacy program designed to bring both gender and racial equity to the financial markets and spark the interest of secondary school girls into careers of

finance. Girls learn about saving, investments, budgeting, stock and capital markets and their role in maintaining the welfare of their families, communities and the economy, while simultaneously helping them see the real world application of the math content they learn in the classroom.

Rock The Street, Wall Street believes to close the gender gap in the wages, wealth and in the financial services sector, we have to inspire girls to pursue the M in STEM and finance, by exposing them to real life role models. The number one reason why girls are not

choosing STEM professions - they don’t see women in

those professions. The number two reason - they don’t see their friends choosing those majors in university. We engage female financial pros who walk the talk on all matters financial. They teach and motivate the next generation. Our students see girls in their RTSWS cohort choosing finance, economics or a related computational field as their majors/minors. Whether they choose the profession or head into another field, our students are far better prepared for critical decision making on all types of financial and career prep matters.

OUR VISION

Rock The Street, Wall Street hopes to break the cycle of multi-generational financial naivete so that girls have a better chance at improving their lives, their households and their communities. Women continue to confront barriers to full equality at all levels; most critically of which is in their financial lives. This is even more egregious for women of color, where they earn, save and invest at lower rates. In university finance and economics classrooms, girls are few in number. As a result, their opportunities in pay, promotion and life are unequal. Equipping girls with financial skills is a vital part of ensuring equal opportunity. Financial literacy is The Great Equalizer.

Rock The Street, Wall Street is reaching young women at their local secondary schools. We offer young women a flight path to a financial education through hands-on financial projects, workshops, role modeling, mentoring and real-life financier experiences. Girls are introduced to financial concepts such as savings, investments, post-secondary and university financial preparedness, budgets, stocks, bonds, financial analysis, venture capital and private equity.