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.
- Arizona CBOs learn about credit cards (Nov 15, 2007)
Consumer Action hosted a free train-the-trainer conference in Phoenix, AZ, to help community-based organizations obtain the information and tools they… - MoneyWi$e goes to Dallas and Houston (Sep 27, 2007)
More than 100 staff from community agencies, government entities, volunteer and… - LULAC Wisconsin Latino/Migrant Conference (Sep 11, 2007)
Sol Carbonell, Associate, National Priorities for Consumer Action, participated at the LULAC Wisconsin Latino/Migrant Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Carbonell provided… - L.A. African Marketplace event (Sep 04, 2007)
The annual African Marketplace and Cultural Faire is held In late August and early September to celebrate the diverse cultures… - Fraud workshop in SF Chinatown (Aug 26, 2007)
Jamie Woo, a Consumer Action Community Outreach Manager, conducted a workshop on how to avoid telemarketing fraud in San Francisco's… - Staff attends NCLR conference (Jul 26, 2007)
Outreach staff member Sol Carbonell attended the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Annual Conference at the Miami Beach Convention… - Teaching financial literacy to Spanish-speakers (May 08, 2006)
Consumer Action experts conducted a workshop for community agencies from various states that focused on how to teach financial literacy… - MoneyWi$e goes to Massachusetts (Nov 02, 2005)
Consumer Action's Candance Acevedo lead a number of enthusiastically received sessions on financial literacy for the 2nd Annual MoneyWise Regional… - Chicago financial literacy forum (May 06, 2004)
Program is sponsored by MoneyWi$e, a joint financial education project of Consumer Action and Capital One In early May, Consumer… - MoneyWi$e financial literacy forum 2003 (Nov 20, 2003)
In late November, Consumer Action and leading credit card provider Capital One held a free financial training for more than…
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