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Our Events 

• MoneyWi$e trains DC-area community based organizations (Sep 26, 2011)
  The fundamentals of solid money management were on stage when Consumer Action and Capital One hosted free, financial empowerment training…
• MoneyWi$e roundtable training in Louisiana (Apr 22, 2010)
  Linda Williams (center) at the MoneyWi$e training she facilitated at The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.…
• MoneyWi$e travels to Phoenix (Mar 15, 2010)
  Desert Schools Credit Union invited Consumer Action to provide a MoneyWi$e training to community agency staff at their Phoenix headquarters.…

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Training Tools 

• Sally Walker - Financial Literacy Training Package (Oct 28, 2010)
  This activity, How Long Has it Been Since Your Had a Financial Check-Up?, is designed to give your clients a…
• Check it Out! Reports & Scores Quiz (Oct 28, 2010)
  Consumer Action's training team designed this quiz game to make it fun to learn about credit reports, scores and specialty…
• Helpful Resources for Consumer Action Financial Literacy Workshop Leaders (Aug 16, 2010)
  Handout: Key Basic Steps to Help Improve Personal Finances This one-page sheet by Consumer Action describes concrete steps that consumers…

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Our Network 

• Coastal citizens address effects of oil spill (Jun 15, 2010)
  Consumer Action's multilingual consumer education materials played a role in the event. On June 1,…
• Consumer Action lends expertise to national housing initiative (Dec 30, 2009)
  The foreclosure prevention fair held Dec. 5 at South El Monte High School in El Monte, CA was one of…
• Using financial literacy to improve lives (Jun 08, 2009)
  Partnering for success Since November 2007, Empowerment Seminars, Inc. and InfoSource Communications, LLC have pooled our resources and expertise to…

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Best Practices 

• Flipcharts the fairest of all (Sep 27, 2011)
  We live in a world where multimedia is increasing in significance and influence. Movies, charts,…
• Coping with stage fright (Jun 16, 2008)
  You are about to facilitate a workshop. People are starting to enter the training room. The Executive Director is sitting…
• MoneyWi$e financial education for the military (Mar 14, 2008)
  Outreach staff members Mikael Wagner and Linda Williams are featured in a video segment about Consumer Action's MoneyWi$e partnership with…

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Recommended Training Tools 

• Avoid ID Theft Training Kit (Nov 19, 2008)
  The FTC has created an "interactive toolkit" for advocates to plan and host "Protect Your Identity" events.
• Money Smart adult education program (Dec 20, 2007)
  The Money Smart computer-based teaching program teaches the 10 modules of the Money Smart curriculum online. It can be used…
• Practical Money Skills for Life (Dec 20, 2007)
  Practical Money Skills for Life is a free, award-winning, teacher-tested and teacher-approved financial education program that is available in English,…

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Webinars 

• Building and Rebuilding Good Credit Webinar (Aug 13, 2008)
  Consumer Action and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) have partnered to offer free…

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Agency Alerts 

• Foreclosure hotline for tenants in California (Jul 30, 2010)
  Tenants Together, California’s Statewide Organization for Renters’ Rights, offers a hotline for tenants in foreclosure situations.…
• Celebrate Consumer Protection Week (Feb 19, 2008)
  Consumer Action invites your agency to join a group of federal, state, and local government agencies and national consumer advocacy…
• America Saves Week - Get involved! (Feb 19, 2008)
  America Saves Week (February 24 to March 2) is an annual opportunity to encourage saving, debt reduction and wealth building.…

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