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Financial empowerment

Financial Literacy Insights with Guardian Life

In preparation for April’s Financial Literacy Sessions on Retirement Planning and Investing Basics, here is a recap of the key financial concepts we have learned so far. In March, NWNY hosted two Financial Literacy Sessions on Consumer Credit and on Budgeting & Cash Flow Management. During these sessions, Guardian Life financial service professionals provided individualized advice and US-specific financial knowledge. Equipped with these tools from our March sessions, we entered this April (Financial Literacy Month!) prepared and aware of the...

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Learning the Ins and Outs of Credit with NWNY

  On January 28, 10 young immigrant women, including several graduates of New Women New Yorker’s LEAD program (a free eight-week workforce development program), joined NWNY director Arielle Kandel at the NYPL Chatham Square library for the organization’s fifth Meetup. Each of the women attending got a crash course in how to start building credit and keep a handle on her credit score. While it may not be a glamorous topic, it’s a necessary education for anyone who plans to...