Outreach & Training
Under the direction of Mikael Wagner, Director of Training and Outreach, 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… Read More »
- 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… - MoneyWi$e travels East (Dec 28, 2009)
Members of Consumer Action’s community outreach team traveled to the East Coast in November, providing financial literacy MoneyWi$e trainings to… - Orange County hosts MoneyWi$e financial literacy training (Oct 20, 2009)
Although Consumer Action’s Los Angeles office is less than an hour’s drive from Central Orange County, area freeways often turn… - Hollywood area small businesses learn about credit and business resources (Sep 29, 2009)
Hollywood’s Little Armenia district was the setting for California Controller John Chiang’s Small Business Tax and Opportunities Seminar on Aug.… - MoneyWise goes to Los Angeles (Aug 28, 2009)
On August 5th, Consumer Action and Capital One Bank co-hosted a MoneyWi$e regional meeting in Los Angeles, California. The training… - 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… - Consumer Action Collaborates With the San Francisco Public Library (Jun 23, 2009)
Consumer Action Director of Outreach and Training Mikael Wagner and Associate Director of Outreach and Training Audrey Perrott participated in… - Maryland Saves Brings MoneyWi$e to Germantown (Jun 19, 2009)
On June 12, 2009, the group Maryland Saves hosted a MoneyWi$e “train the trainer” roundtable in collaboration with the Montgomery… - CA and NABVETS join forces to train advocates for homeless vets (Jun 17, 2009)
When Consumer Action (CA) and the National Association of Black Veterans (NABVETS) joined forces early this year, the goal was… - Massachusetts non-profits learn about MoneyWi$e (Jun 16, 2009)
To empower counselors, educators and frontline advocates with financial education knowledge and provide them with the tools they need to… - High school students on both coasts learn about credit and how to save for college education (Jun 16, 2009)
Consumer Action’s trainers Sol Carbonell and Nelson Santiago participated in the 2009 Ready to Lead (R2L) workshops organized by the… - Chinatown Families Economic Resource Fair (May 18, 2009)
Sponsor: Chinatown Families Economic Self-Sufficient Coalition Consumer Action team members Jamie Woo and Kinny Li attended the Chinatown Families Economic… - A Rainy Night In Georgia (May 11, 2009)
Community Outreach Manager, Linda J. Williams, was jolted out of a deep sleep by a sharp, large crack of thunder,… - CA Goes WIC (May 07, 2009)
When the California WIC Association (CWA) rolled out its “Workplace Wellness Program” at its’ annual conference, CA’s Outreach Manager Linda…
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