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 »
- 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… - 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… - Atlanta CBOs join fight against fraud (Dec 30, 2008)
Phishing, pharming, and triangulation. These were among the scams that Atlanta-area community groups learned about during Consumer Action’s anti-fraud train-the-trainer… - 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… - Moneywi$e helps teach families how to survive economic tsunami (Nov 14, 2008)
Over 38 participants from a diverse group of community based organizations in Washington D.C. joined 25 members of Opportunities Industrialization…
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