Asset Funders Network News & Events
Developments in Indian Country. A webinar sponsored by the EITC Funders Network, the Asset Funders Network, and the Microenterprise Funders Network.
November 12, 2008 -- 2:00pm - 3:30pm eastern
We invite you to join us in a conversation about how the EITC, asset building, and microenterprise development are being used in Indian Country to create opportunity and help families and communities achieve economic security. Our Networks join together to offer this Webinar. Featured speakers include:
* Elsie Meeks and Joanna Donohoe, First Nations Oweesta Corporation
* Tayna Fiddler, Four Bands Community Fund
* Ana Marie Argilagos, Annie E. Casey Foundation
RSVP: Click here to RSVP (or copy this address to your browser if you are having trouble http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2dkgxk7fm18tsv3/start )
Children Development Accounts: A Research and Policy Symposium
The Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis, New York, and San Francisco; the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis; and the New America Foundation are hosting a research and policy symposium on November 12-14, 2008, at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. This meeting is by invitation only and will feature research and policy papers written by key leaders and researchers in the field. More information will be available soon. Contact Gena Gunn by phone 314.935.9651 or by email at ggunn@wustl.edu for questions.
The Future of Tax Credits for Working-Poor Families - The EITC Funders Network is hosting a meeting and luncheon in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2008 for funders interested in the developments in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The IRS made available $8 million in grants to community groups to help families in the hardest to reach communities access the EITC and free tax preparation services. National experts will discuss proposals to change the federal EITC, CTC and other tax credits for working poor families. The meeting will be held from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm. Click here or call Ami at 919-493-4393 if you are interested in attending.
Expanding Asset Building Opportunities Through Shared Ownership
December 2, 2008 - 10:00 - 3:30pm EST
The Annie E. Casey Foundation and AFN invite you to participate in a meeting that explores the ways in which shared ownership strategies can enhance and increase individual wealth for low-income families. You are invited to participate with practitioners, funders, advocates and other stakeholders to begin a national conversation that creates and strengthens strategic relationships between leaders of the asset-building field and practitioners and advocates of a range of shared ownership strategies.
Click here to view invitation letter.
Click here to view agenda.
Space is limited. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to Beadsie Woo no later than November 1.
Setting the Agenda for Elders after the Election
The AARP foundation invites you to attend the 8th annual national again and low conference. Join leading experts in spaping the aging agenda
December 4 -6, 2008 at the Double Tree Hotel in Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.
To register and for more information click here.