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Changing the Future: Young People and Personal Finance

Please join the Michigan Jump$tart Coalition on Thursday, August 14, 2003, for the second annual teacher education conference at the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.Based on the results from the successful 2002 conference, the focus will be on proven classroom teaching strategies for grade level 6 to 12 teachers and classroom volunteers.Topics will include money management, credit, identity theft, saving and investing, and new online resources.

Survey results show teenagers are woefully unprepared when it comes to personal financial literacy.You can help!

Please RSVP by clicking on the related icon by Friday, August 1, 2003, or by calling 1.800.842.2733, ext. 1242. Acceptance is limited to the first 100 respondents.

Six benefits:

Join the national momentum to make personal financial literacy a priority

Gain lesson plans that fit MEAP requirements
Network with other educators
Increase your own personal financial knowledge
Bring back materials and curricula
Attend optional tour of Federal Reserve facilities

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