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.
- WirelessED Training in Oakland (Oct 13, 2011)
Consumer Action and AT&T hosted a WirelessED training in September for the staff of community-based organizatons (CBOs) and government agencies… - MoneyWi$e trains DC-area community based organizations (Sep 26, 2011)
The fundamentals of solid money management were on stage when Consumer Action and Capital One hosted free, financial empowerment training… - Empower U Trainings in California (Aug 05, 2011)
Non-profit agencies attend the Empower U training in the San Francisco Bay Area: Front left… - MoneyWi$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$e training to community agency staff at their Phoenix headquarters.… - Financial literacy training in Orange County (Feb 12, 2010)
The Orange County Financial Stability Alliance has wasted no time in its 2010 efforts to bring financial literacy resources to… - Consumer Action and Chase go Inland (Jan 05, 2010)
On December 3, 2009, Consumer Action and Chase Bank co-hosted “Using Credit Wisely,” a roundtable event held in Southern California’s… - Orange County hosts MoneyWi$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.… - LA groups are credit wise (Sep 22, 2009)
On August 20th, Consumer Action and Chase co-hosted a Using Credit Wisely roundtable in Los Angeles, California. The training brought… - At the White House for Credit Card Bill Signing (May 22, 2009)
On a steamy afternoon when many were fleeing Washington, DC for Memorial Day weekend, consumer advocates and a select group… - 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… - MoneyWi$e at the NCRC Annual Conference (Apr 01, 2009)
Held in Washington, DC, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference attracted hundreds of organizations from across the country. Leaders from… - 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…
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