I love the Washington City Paper. I was at the Yarn Harlot book signing event last night. As I waited for my friends to get their books signed, and deliver her a beer, I flipped through the paper and found a lovely ad on page 49.
Financial and Credit Literacy Day
Hosted by the Washington Area Community Investment FundSaturday, September 29th
9am-4pm
Kellogg Conference Hotel
Galludet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DCRSVP: 202-529-5505
FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING!!!
The financial literacy seminar/workshop list looks very good. (link goes direct to an Adobe PDF file) There are seminars on targeted to teens/youth and women. Topics include Small Business Management (including federal contracting), Homeownership, Selecting a Mortgage, Managing Foreclosure, Credit Scores, Budgeting and Consumer Rights.
The ad says, “Bankers and housing counselors available all day.”
I do not know very much about this organization, but they do have an impressive list of sponsors. They were formed out of Arlington with the help of the local Catholic diocese, which if you don’t know, has one of the craziest liberal parishes in the US, St. Charles Borromeo. I actually have worshiped there because one of my closest friends used to attend. If you know their ministry, they’re very into social justice, often to the chagrin of the archbishop. I mention this because St. Charles is very active in low income housing initiatives in Arlington County and I could definitely see them supporting an organization like this.
It’s technically a non-profit loan fund, with 501(c)(3) status. I’m going to look into investing in it.
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I’m in the DC area and should come to this event! I recently read the book “How to Get Out of Debt: Get an “A” Credit Rating for Free” and it helped me get out of debt so painlessly, I told all my friends about it. I love the idea of a financial literacy day….