[NFEC Update] Invitation to NFEC Policy Briefing on April 29

Tue Apr 7 10:11:30 EDT 2009

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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 federal, state, and tribal
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, 

Elsie M. Meeks

Chair, Native Financial Education Coalition

CEO, Oweesta Corporation

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Contact Joanna Donohoe at Joanna at oweesta.org <mailto:Joanna at oweesta.org>
for more information.

Briefing Agenda

9:30 am        Coffee and Networking

10:00 am      Opening Prayer

                        Opening Remarks

                        Elsie Meeks, NFEC Chair

                        Welcome from Senator Byron Dorgan (invited)

                        Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair

                        Welcome from Event Sponsors

                        Annie E. Casey Foundation

                        Overview of the Current Environment and
Opportunities

                        Jacqueline Johnson Pata (invited), National
Congress of American                           Indians

                        Presentation of New Research to Support Policy
Recommendations

                        Financial Education

                        Refund Anticipation Loans

                        Presentation of NFEC Policy Recommendations

1.        Expand Financial Education Opportunities

2.       Combat Predatory Lending

3.       Increase Utilization of Earned Income Tax Credits

4.       Expand Savings Opportunities

                        Address from Ms. Jodi Gillette (invited)

                        White House of Intergovernmental Affairs

11:30 am      Closing Remarks

                        Elsie Meeks, NFEC Chair

Event Sponsors

  <http://www.oweesta.org/> 

  <http://www.aecf.org/> 

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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