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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT
CHANNABEL
CHANNABEL LATHAM-MORRIS
Channabel is a legacy builder, coach, and financial educator dedicated to helping families transform adversity into lasting impact.
After the tragic loss of her only son, Jamal Charlton Morris, she turned her grief into purpose, serving families through education, advocacy, and legacy-building work.
She is the founder of the Jamal C. Morris Foundation and co-founder of Families for Safe Streets of Greater Philadelphia, advocating for safer communities and justice for families affected by traffic violence.
Channabel is also active in The New Art of Living community, whose focus on income design, saving, risk awareness, and self-improvement aligns with her passion for Financial Freedom Literacy.
Her work is centered on one mission: helping families understand how money works so they can build certainty, dignity, and generational legacy.
Her guiding mantra, inspired by her son Jamal, is simple and enduring: It’s only getting better.
Channabel's Book Contribution (2 Chapters) and Related Summit Presentation:
Good Grief
How Loss Becomes the Superpower that Fuels Joy
Theme / Summary
Channabel explores grief not as something to defeat, but as love that must find a new place to go. The loss of her son Jamal changed the shape of her life, yet over time grief deepened her compassion, clarified what mattered, and gave new direction to her service. Rather than erasing sorrow, she discovered that love could continue through purpose, legacy, and connection. Her wall was the assumption that grief only closes life down. By allowing herself to feel it and carry Jamal’s love forward, grief became part of the pathway back to joy.
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Creating Financial Certainty... No Matter the Times
How Loss Taught Me Why Families Must Understand How Money Works
Theme / Summary
After her son Jamal’s death, Channabel encountered an unexpected financial shock when forgiven student debt created a tax burden. The experience exposed how vulnerable families can be when they work hard and love deeply but have never been taught how financial systems actually operate. Channabel turned pain into purpose by pursuing a powerful give-back posture... and teaching people how money works so that they experience the upside of wealth possibilities.
