Outreach & Training
Consumer Action’s multilingual and multicultural Community Outreach Managers counsel consumers, offer technical advice, conduct train-the-trainer workshops and presentations at community events and national conferences and provide expert analysis and commentary to English, Spanish and Chinese media on a variety of consumer issues. Aware that the best way to reach vulnerable consumer populations is to work with trusted community entities, Consumer Action’s outreach staff leverages our national network of more than 8,000 community-based organizations… Read More »
Our Events
News and photos about Consumer Action's recent activities and 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.… - Financial literacy training in Orange County (Feb 12, 2010)
The Orange County Financial Stability Alliance has wasted no time in its 2010 efforts to bring financial literacy resources to… - Housing summit in the faith-based community (Aug 28, 2009)
On Aug 15, Consumer Action staff participated in a Housing Summit sponsored by San Francisco Bay Area faith-based groups. The… - Consumer Action educates Los Angeles CBOs on housing issues (Jul 29, 2009)
On Wednesday, July 22nd, Consumer Action (CA) brought together community-based organizations from the greater Los Angeles area for a full… - Hundreds flock to Financial Literacy Day on Capitol Hill (May 01, 2009)
While members of the U.S. House of Representatives debated the merits of cracking down on credit card practices, many Congressional… - Outreach at California First Lady's We Connect Event (Mar 25, 2009)
No sooner had Community Outreach Manager Nelson Santiago set up Consumer Action's literature table at California First Lady Maria Shriver's… - Housing outreach for National Consumer Protection Week (Mar 25, 2009)
The 18th annual Consumer Information Fair at Evans Community Adult School provided Consumer Action Outreach Manager Nelson Santiago an opportunity… - Consumer Action and Capital One Bank host financial literacy training in Austin (Mar 03, 2009)
More than fifty organizations from Texas gathered in Austin to… - Year of the Ox Chinese New Year Celebration (Feb 23, 2009)
Sponsor: California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) Outreach team members Audrey Perrott and Jamie Woo attended the Year of the Ox… - Nelson Santiago speaks to group of Latino youth (Dec 30, 2008)
Consumer Action’s Nelson Santiago visited the offices of New Economics for Women (NEW) in Los Angeles in early December, where… - Sacramento non-profits learn about consumer privacy (Dec 29, 2008)
Consumer Action held a train-the-trainer session alongside the Sacramento River near the California State Capitol Building on Dec. 10. Community… - Financial literacy trainings at La Raza conference (Aug 18, 2008)
The 2008 National Council of La Raza (NCLR) conference held July 12 to 15 in San Diego provided Consumer Action… - When was your last financial check-up? (Aug 11, 2008)
When Consumer Action’s Community Outreach Manager Linda Williams asked participants in her Money Management workshop, “When was your last financial…
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