RESULTS & AEO host three webinars as part of the To Catch a Dollar Campaign
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Join us in the last week of April for three free webinars led by RESULTS and the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) as part of their co-led week “Microfinance and Policy Solutions that Invest in America’s Main Streets & Communities” for the To Catch a Dollar campaign (www.tocatchadollar.com).
1. Monday, April 25 (5 p.m. EST/2 p.m. PST): “State of Microfinance in America: How Policies Can Help Families Build Wealth and Move out of Poverty” REGISTER NOW:https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/651136630
AEO leads this webinar and will highlight key policy issues that affect the availability and accessibility of services to facilitate microenterprise and asset building for disadvantaged individuals. Panelist will discuss the connection between microenterprise and job creation and policies that will enable more individuals to use entrepreneurship and asset development as a pathway out of poverty, particularly for populations facing multiple barriers to economic success, including innovative new policy concepts that can break the cycle of poverty for the next generation
2. Tuesday, April 26 (5 p.m. EST/2 p.m. PST): “Advocacy 101: Make Your Voice Heard”REGISTER NOW: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/953250862
Join this webinar led by RESULTS on advocacy strategies that can make a difference, how to communicate with policymakers, and present resources and tools that can be used to approach them.
3. Wednesday, April 27 (2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST): “The Budget Debate: How Efforts to ‘Reduce the Deficit’ Could Mean More Families in Poverty Struggle to Make Ends Meet” REGISTER NOW: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/889084926
Join this webinar led by RESULTS on how some deficit reduction proposals will actually make it harder for people in poverty to make ends meet, with panelist Debbie Weinstein, executive director of the Coalition on Human Needs.
Join the national conversation after Wednesday’s webinar in a Twitter Party
3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST, immediately following the webinar on Wednesday, April 27
Please join us in discussing the issues raised in the week’s webinars as well as the To Catch a Dollar themes, including poverty and financial literacy,
Use the hashtag #TCAD
Be sure to follow @tocatchadollar (www.twitter.com/tocatchadollar)
More about the To Catch a Dollar campaign:
This campaign is centered on the Sundance documentary To Catch a Dollar, which spotlights the promise of microfinance in America through stories of brave women entrepreneurs. The To Catch a Dollar campaign covers major themes in the film, which includes poverty, women’s empowerment, and financial literacy & independence. Each week, we bring you content on a different theme. Our campaign partners bring you special programming, which will include blogs from top executives, microcredit borrowers,entrepreneurs, and volunteers. Join the national conversation on the important issues of a long-term campaign to reframe perceptions of poverty and to extend the reach of financial services in America.