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- The conference is designed to be informative, challenging and fun.
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- A break-out session on identity theft. Which devices are most frequently hacked? How do you make a secure password?
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- Financial literacy means learning how to make positive decisions about money.
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- Students from Milwaukee Academy of Science, Starms, and Clark Street Schools attended – a total of 115 kids.
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- Jeff from Asset Builders handed prizes to raffle winners.
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- Students offered their own ideas of what BLING stands for.
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- PREP Money Conference, June 8th at Neighborhood House.
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- Kaye Tucker from Silver Spring Neighborhood Center and Sarah from ARCW led a breakout session on the mindset of wealth.
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- Kaye and Sarah talk about how rich people think.
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- Bob from Asset Builders explains the new BLING: Business, Land, Investment, Net worth, and Graduation.
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- PREP prepares young people for a successful transition to adulthood.
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- Family and Community Outreach Coordinator Cynthia Jasper organized the event and brought together presenters from the region.
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- Michael Cockroft, Construction Director for Habitat for Humanity, age 26, talked about his own career path, and interning at age 16 with a real estate developer. He invested in property, buying his first house at age 18!
You can see it in their faces – these kids are engaged, learning, and having fun. The topic was BLING, a word that took on new meaning as kids considered the value of Business, Land, Investments, Net Worth, and Graduation. The occasion was The Money Conference, a day-long event for young people hosted by Neighborhood House PREP (Personal Responsibility Education Program), a national initiative that prepares young people for a successful transition to adulthood.
Cynthia Jasper, Neighborhood House Family & Outreach Coordinator, organized the event, enlisting presenters from Asset Builders who spoke on hot topics like identity theft. Kaye Tucker from Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, Sara Vila from ARCW, and Michael Cockcroft, Construction Director at Habitat for Humanity presented breakout sessions on the culture of wealth, and on career paths. “You could tell the kids were engaged because they were all listening to the speakers, no side conversations,” said Ms. Jasper. Over a hundred students from Milwaukee Academy of Science, Starms, and Clark Street schools were present. “Learning about spending money on credit and debit cards really helped us,” said one grateful teen.
Neighborhood House brings PREP programs to Milwaukee area school kids on topics of emotional health, physical health, and financial health. Neighborhood House PREP’s financial literacy efforts earned the Financial Literacy Award from the Governor’s Council Wisconsin.
Many thanks to photographer Cassie Rogala for capturing the excitement of this event.
Read more about Neighborhood House PREP: http://nh-milw.org/2013/05/06/you-only-live-once-inspiration-for-health-wellness/
