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Our Events 

• 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…
• 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…

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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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Our Network 

• Comunidad Latina Credit Union offers exemplary financial services (Nov 24, 2009)
  Consumer Action reminds you that it’s important for consumers to shop around when looking for banking services. It’s always a…
• 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…
• Improving the quality of life for colonia residents - Texas (May 30, 2008)
  Consumer Action’s Sol Carbonell and Audrey Perrott visited Texas’s Border…

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Best Practices 

• 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…
• Speaking effectively to your audience (Mar 04, 2008)
  Once you are actually in the room with your audience, you must focus on delivering the most engaging presentation possible.…

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Training Tools 

• ID Theft Quiz (Sep 27, 2007)
  Developed by Consumer Action outreach and training staff, this game is a fun an interactive way to learn more about…
• Fraud Bingo Game (Sep 12, 2007)
  Fraud Bingo was developed by Consumer Action's outreach and training staff for use in trainings and workshops. The game and…
• Educational training modules (Aug 28, 2007)
  Our popular collection of training modules just got easier to find on the Consumer Action web site. These valuable financial…

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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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Agency Alerts 

• 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.…
• Consumer discounts on prescription drugs (Feb 19, 2008)
  Consumer Action strives to provide you with the latest resources and information to better serve your clients. Today, we want…

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