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$e roundtable training in Louisiana (Apr 22, 2010)
Linda Williams (center) at the MoneyWi$e training she facilitated at The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.… - 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… - Privacy training offers valuable tips, tools to CA groups (Oct 02, 2009)
On September 16th, Consumer Action and its Privacy Information Project hosted a Credit File Security Freeze Roundtable in Riverside, California.… - Privacy Rights Workshop A Big Hit In Seaside (Jun 17, 2009)
Participants came to the training with a thirst for knowledge and numerous questions about privacy and particularly identity (ID) theft,… - 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… - 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… - Fall 2008 MoneyWi$e trainings leave wide national footprint (Dec 09, 2008)
Consumer Action trainers Sol Carbonell and Nelson Santiago traveled up and down the coast during October, providing MoneyWi$e financial literacy… - Privacy training in San Diego (Aug 26, 2008)
On Wednesday, Aug. 20, San Diego community-based organizations welcomed the Consumer Action training team for a training… - When was your last financial check-up? (Aug 11, 2008)
When Consumer Action’s Community Outreach Manager Linda Williams asked participants in her Money Management workshop, “When was your last financial… - Outreach staff goes to Thai town (Aug 07, 2008)
Fair-goers at the Thai Community Development Center's Health and Consumer Resource Fair got physical and financial fitness check ups. A… - Financial Literacy and Consumer Protection Symposium - WI (May 30, 2008)
More than 70 case managers, social service providers and representatives from community organizations gathered in Madison, WI, on May 15th… - Louisiana agencies learn about MoneyWi$e (May 30, 2008)
On a mission to educate consumers about good money management, Consumer Action and Capital One headed to Louisiana to share… - MoneyWi$e Roundtable in El Paso (May 30, 2008)
Consumer Action’s Sol Carbonell and Audrey Perrott conducted a MoneyWi$e Roundtable in El Paso, TX on April 30th. 40 participants…
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