60th Annual Conference

Marriott Marquis | Atlanta, GA | May 4–6, 2009

Last Update: Thu, December 11, 2008

Description
The asset-building movement has recently grown to encompass a wide range of strategies to support low-income families as they move from poverty to long-term financial security. This session will highlight philanthropy’s critical role in closing this nation’s wealth gap. The speakers will present a continuum of asset-building opportunities: asset building and land loss prevention as a means of reducing persistent poverty in the “black belt” states; asset building as part of the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts; strategies to promote financial education; and access to mainstream financial services, savings, and investments.
Handouts
Closingthewealthgapppt-1
Closingthewealthgapppt-2
Session Detail
Time:	Mon, May 04, 2009 10:15 am - 11:45 am
Presenter(s):	Gena Gunn Speaker Project Director-State Asset Policy Project Washington University in St. Louis Heather McCulloch Speaker Principal Asset Building Strategies Kilolo Kijakazi Speaker Program Officer Ford Foundation Rick Williams Moderator, Session Designer Coordinator Asset Funders Network Sherry Salway Black Committee Liaison Board Member Theodore R. & Vivian M. Johnson Scholarship Foundation