2015 Sidewalk University Economic Empowerment Conference

 When: Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Where: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
             Student Campus Center, 150 Bleeker Street, Newark, NJ
             Reserved Parking in Lot 7 - Corner of Bleeker and Summit, off of Central Ave (25 parking spots)

              NJIT Parking Deck (75 parking spots)

Venue: Ballroom B (continental breakfast), Ballroom A (opening/closing remarks), Breakout Rooms (workshops)

Workshops are in English and Spanish for parents of the students in the Consortium for Pre-College Education Program at NJIT

Conference Description
The Sidewalk University Economic Empowerment Conference provides an introduction to the fundamentals of personal finance and economic decision-making.  Topics to be covered include; setting financial and educational goals, creating a budget, managing credit, buying smart, paying for college, buying a home and preparing for retirement through savings and investments.

Overview
Sidewalk University is hosting their 6th Economic Empowerment Conference in partnership with

Morgan Stanley, Well Fargo, UPS I.S. Latino BRG and the Consortium for Pre-College Education Program on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark, New Jersey.  Volunteers are needed to advertise and market the conference, help manage the event and facilitate workshops in Spanish and English.  The target audience for the conference is the 400 parents of the 700 students currently in the Consortium for Pre-College Education Program (www.cons.njit.edu).

Goal

• Provide economic education to our communities to promote long-term financial prosperity
  

Objectives

• Initiate participants into money management
• Provide an understanding of money and investing
• Heighten financial awareness
• Keep Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s economic dream alive by stressing the need for our communities to understand and participate in the economic system to which we contribute every day

Conference Workshops

Saving and Investing

• Saving vs. Investing
• Identify reasons to save
• Recognize concerns and issues when saving
• Identify places to save
• Compare and contrast types of interest
• Understand the impact of saving
• Recognize the regulations governing savings
• Long-term Investing

Money Management and Budgeting

• Knowing what you spend and making a spending plan
• Spending habits and how to change them
• Paying down your debt wisely

Understanding Your Credit and Credit Repair

• Understanding your credit profile
• Ordering your credit profile
• Factors that impact your credit score
• Ways to build good credit

Developing Your Strengths and Goals Setting

• Why is this subject the key to success in everything?
• Why hard work may not be enough to get you ahead?
• What are your strengths?
• How to use a simple, effective goal setting system

March 28, 2015 - Conference Schedule

Pre-Session, 8:15 AM - 9:40 AM

9:45 AM Transition to Workshops (assisted by staff)

Session 1, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM * Evaluation given in last 5 minutes of workshop

Session 2, 10:55 AM - 11:45 AM * Evaluation given in last 5 minutes of workshop

Post-Sessions, 11:50 AM - 12:45 PM * Overall evaluation given in last 5 minutes

* Waiting Room - NJIT Game Room (only for parents/students waiting for ‘Mentoring Assignments’)