[CircleUp] Updated Invitation For NFEC Policy Briefing on April29 - Call In Number Available!

Fri Apr 24 15:06:15 EDT 2009

For those who are not able to join us on Capitol Hill for the NFEC Policy
Briefing from 10 - 11:30 am on April 29, we are pleased to announce that the
Senate Indian Affairs Committee has provided the opportunity to listen in to
the briefing via conference call.  If you would like to participate, please
send an email to adrianne at oweesta.org to request the conference call number
and code.  This is not an interactive call;  the lines will be muted so you
will only be able to listen.  

Please note:  The NFEC Policy Briefing is a presentation by the Native
Financial Education Coalition and does not reflect the views and opinions of
the Senate Indian Affairs Committee or its Members.

For those who plan to attend the  briefing in person, please don't forget to
RSVP by clicking on the link below.

Thanks, Joanna Donohoe

Director, Financial Education and Asset Building

Oweesta Corporation

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NFEC 5th ANNUAL POLICY BRIEFING

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

9:30 am - 11:30 am

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Hearing Room

628 Dirksen, Washington, D.C.

Dear Friends of Native Communities, 

Please join us April 29, 2009, for the Native Financial Education
Coalition's (NFEC) 5th Annual Policy Briefing in the Senate Indian Affairs
Committee hearing room at 628 Dirksen, Washington, D.C..  Enjoy coffee and a
networking opportunity at 9:30 am, with the formal briefing beginning at 10.

This event brings together practitioners, advocates and policymakers to
collaborate on ways to expand financial education and asset building
opportunities in historically underserved American Indian, Alaska Native,
and Native Hawaiian communities.  Held annually to commemorate Financial
Literacy Month, this year's briefing presents a timely opportunity to
discuss policies that will help to prepare Native consumers to face today's
economic times.  At the briefing NFEC will release its specific
recommendations for policymakers to expand financial education and asset
building opportunities for Native people living both on and off-reservation.

This briefing is geared toward legislative and executive branch staff as
well as representatives from national Native organizations and other
financial education providers.  Please forward to all who may be interested!

Sincerely, 

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Elsie M. Meeks

Chair, Native Financial Education Coalition

CEO, Oweesta Corporation

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Briefing Agenda

9:30 am        Coffee and Networking

10:00 am      Welcome and Opening Remarks

                        Elsie Meeks, NFEC Chair

                        Welcome from Event Sponsors

                        Annie E. Casey Foundation

                       Where We've Been and Where We're Going

                       Elsie Meeks, NFEC Chair

        Presentation of New Study "Borrowed Time:  Use of Refund           

        Anticipation Loans Among EITC Filers in Native Communities"

                        Leslie Parish, Center for Responsible Lending

                        Presentation of NFEC Policy Recommendations

                        Tracey Fischer, First Nations Oweesta Corporation

1.        Expand Financial Education Opportunities

2.       Combat Predatory Lending

3.       Increase Utilization of Earned Income Tax Credits

4.       Expand Savings Opportunities

                       Financial Education in Action

                       Jacqueline Johnson Pata, National Congress of
American Indians

                       Award Presentation to NCAI Tribal Exchange Winners
from 

                       Mescalero Apache Tribe,  By Senator Tom Udall
(invited)

11:30 am      Closing Remarks

Event Sponsors

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National Financial Education Coalition

c/o Oweesta

910 5th Street

Suite 101

Rapid City, SD  57701

www.nfec.info

About NFEC

The Native Financial Education Coalition (NFEC) is a group of local,
regional and national organizations and government agencies working together
to achieve its common goal of promoting financial education in Native
communities. Started by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2000, the now
independent Native Financial Education Coalition seeks to exchange
information, forge partnerships, identify and develop strategies for policy
advocacy, outreach, and training, and identify gaps in information about
financial education needs.

NFEC membership is open to any organization working on or interested in
improving personal finance skills in Native communities.  OWEESTA
Corporation currently serves as the fiscal agent and coordinator of the
Coalition.

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