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… Read More »
Our Events
News and photos about Consumer Action's recent activities and events.
- MoneyWi$e returns to Dallas (Jan 05, 2013)
The daylong training centered on timeless topics, such as establishing and rebuilding credit, managing your money, avoiding and dealing… - MoneyWi$e trains Richmond non-profits in financial literacy (Oct 05, 2012)
Consumer Action trained 54 CBO partners at the meeting, which drew groups from in and around the state capital. … - 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$e travels to the mid-Atlantic (Jul 06, 2010)
Arriving just as Spring reached the East Coast, Consumer Action’s Outreach Team traveled to the Mid Atlantic in April, providing… - MoneyWi$e travels East (Dec 28, 2009)
Members of Consumer Action’s community outreach team traveled to the East Coast in November, providing financial literacy MoneyWi$e trainings to… - Orange County hosts MoneyWi$e financial literacy training (Oct 20, 2009)
Although Consumer Action’s Los Angeles office is less than an hour’s drive from Central Orange County, area freeways often turn… - Hollywood area small businesses learn about credit and business resources (Sep 29, 2009)
Hollywood’s Little Armenia district was the setting for California Controller John Chiang’s Small Business Tax and Opportunities Seminar on Aug.… - MoneyWise goes to Los Angeles (Aug 28, 2009)
On August 5th, Consumer Action and Capital One Bank co-hosted a MoneyWi$e regional meeting in Los Angeles, California. The training… - Consumer Action educates Los Angeles CBOs on housing issues (Jul 29, 2009)
On Wednesday, July 22nd, Consumer Action (CA) brought together community-based organizations from the greater Los Angeles area for a full… - Consumer Action collaborates with the San Francisco Public Library (Jun 23, 2009)
Consumer Action Director of Outreach and Training Mikael Wagner and Associate Director of Outreach and Training Audrey Perrott participated in… - Maryland Saves brings MoneyWi$e to Germantown (Jun 19, 2009)
On June 12, 2009, the group Maryland Saves hosted a MoneyWi$e “train the trainer” roundtable in collaboration with the Montgomery… - CA and NABVETS join forces to train advocates for homeless vets (Jun 17, 2009)
When Consumer Action (CA) and the National Association of Black Veterans (NABVETS) joined forces early this year, the goal was… - High school students on both coasts learn about credit and how to save for college education (Jun 16, 2009)
Consumer Action’s trainers Sol Carbonell and Nelson Santiago participated in the 2009 Ready to Lead (R2L) workshops organized by the… - Chinatown Families Economic Resource Fair (May 18, 2009)
Sponsor: Chinatown Families Economic Self-Sufficient Coalition Consumer Action team members Jamie Woo and Kinny Li attended the Chinatown Families Economic… - A rainy night In Georgia (May 11, 2009)
Community Outreach Manager, Linda J. Williams, was jolted out of a deep sleep by a sharp, large crack of thunder,…

