Our Vision & Mission
Vision:
We envision a world where healing-centered education, creative expression, and collective care are inseparable from financial well-being.
Mission:
Pockets Change Community’s mission is to build generational financial well-being with youth, families, and educators using the arts, Hip Hop, and neuroscience to uplift youths’ lived experiences and hold space for joy and creative expression so they can grow in their financial journeys.
Pockets Change Community works with K-12 districts, colleges, and other community organizations across the country.
Our History
Since 2009, Pockets Change has been flipping the script on financial education, making it real, relatable, and rooted in the lives of students, families, and educators. Through Hip Hop pedagogy, we’ve created a movement that empowers young people to take control of their financial journeys and build creative career skills. In 2018, we became a 501(c)(3) to expand access to our fully subsidized programs, reaching over 3,500 students and their families every year. Our workshops, online curriculum, and Hip Hop FinFest bring financial conversations to life for youth & young adults, while our educator professional development reached over 500 teachers in 2025.
We partner with schools, libraries, foster care programs, and community organizations nationwide—including NYC Public Schools, California Foster Care & Kinship Programs, Partnership for Afterschool Educators and more. Our work has been recognized by Sony Create Action and the National Jump$tart Coalition for innovation and creativity. Our lessons & approach have been featured by Forbes, CNBC, Cheddar News, Teach for America, AFCPE, and many others.