Outreach & Training
Consumer Action’s multilingual and multicultural community outreach managers work to empower individual consumers and community educators nationwide through free, unbiased, rights-focused consumer literacy information and training. 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 nearly 7,000 community-based organizations—the largest and most diverse of its kind—by providing information and tools to enable them to educate and advocate… Read More »
Our Events
News and photos about Consumer Action's recent activities and events.
- Webinar explores role of homeownership in wealth creation (Sep 06, 2022)
By Linda Williams It is rewarding to build your own wealth. And often, it is even more fulfilling to pass… - Webinar on creating wealth through homeownership (Aug 04, 2022)
The Homeownership: The wealth creation connection webinar features speakers Kristin Wong, a financial analyst on the mortgage team at the… - Consumer Action hosts webinar on housing insecurity in America (Mar 05, 2022)
By Linda Williams Housing insecurity is an umbrella term that encompasses several dimensions of housing problems consumers may experience, including… - Webinar guest speakers discuss credit reporting industry findings, flaws (Jan 05, 2022)
By Nelson Santiago Consumer Action concluded a year of robust educational programming with its Dec. 7 webinar on what consumer… - Consumer Action hosts webinar on Emergency Broadband Benefit (Sep 03, 2021)
By Linda Williams The COVID-19 pandemic upended classrooms and campuses across the country, forcing millions of students to transition to… - Consumer Action tackles homeownership at LA workshop (Sep 05, 2015)
Residents of the El Centro Loretto affordable housing development in Los Angeles learned about homeownership at a recent workshop provided… - Five and counting for Consumer Action’s National Conference (Jan 05, 2015)
Now in its fifth year, the Consumer Action National Consumer Empowerment Conference is a hub for community activists who… - Recognizing housing discrimination training in Oakland (Mar 19, 2012)
In February, the Consumer Action Outreach team trained 35 CBO staff,… - Housing summit in the faith-based community (Aug 28, 2009)
On Aug 15, Consumer Action staff participated in a Housing Summit sponsored by San Francisco Bay Area faith-based groups. The… - 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… - 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… - 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… - 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…
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