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The 2010 Financial Education in Oklahoma conference will focus on the challenges of providing financial education to populations of diverse ethnicity, age and gender at a time of growing financial pressures. The conference, hosted by the Oklahoma City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will be held Wednesday, November 3 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Moore Norman Technology Center South Penn Campus, Oklahoma City. You can register online for the conference, which costs $25 and includes continental breakfast and lunch, by clicking here.
The conference will feature a keynote address by Kelvin Boston, a respected financial journalist, public speaker and best-selling author. He is the executive producer and host of Moneywise with Kelvin Boston, public television’s longest running multi-cultural financial affairs television series that explores the role of culture, race and gender. Boston is the author of Smart Money Moves for African Americans and Who’s Afraid To Be A Millionaire?
Other national speakers include:
- Dr. Billy Hensley, National Endowment for Financial Education, on professional development strategies for educators;
- Dr. Urvi Neelakantan, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, on the impact of gender;
- Dr. Joyce Serido, Take Charge America Institute at the University of Arizona, on financial behaviors of youth and college students;
- Dr. Janice Wassel,American Institute of Financial Gerontology, on the needs of the elderly.
Click here to register, or contact Steve Shepelwich for additional information at steven.shepelwich@kc.frb.org.
