The Future of Building Wealth: Research, Policy & Action
Racial, gender, generational and educational wealth gaps have been large, enduring and exacerbated further by the pandemic. What can be done to address these inequities and offer pathways to building savings and wealth?
What Economic Security Looks Like and How to Get There
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 12–3 PM ET, Virtual Event
First National Forum of the Financial Social Work Commission
January 8, 2022, Beijing, China, and virtual
Poverty, Inequality and Social Development: Innovations Around the World
July 13–16, 2021, University of Johannesburg (Virtual Conference)
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Achievements, Challenges, and Next Steps
February 25, 2021, Virtual Conference
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Achievements, Challenges, and Next Steps
September 24, 2020 and February 25, 2021, Virtual Conference
All Children Can Reach Their Potential: A CDA Conference
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT, Virtual Conference
“Sparking Prosperity for Everyone”
October 22, 2019, 12:00 to 2:00 p.m., Clark-Fox Forum, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
The White Working Class: Challenges and Opportunities
September 19, 2019, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, One Federal Reserve Bank Plaza, Broadway and Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63102
Missouri Child Development Account Forum
June 13, 2019, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Hillman Hall classroom 130, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Social Work Day on the Hill
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., The National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045
International Conference on Child Development Accounts: New Approaches to Child Well-Being
November 6, 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan
Richard V. Reeves, “Author of Dream Hoarders”
September 20, 2018, Clark-Fox Forum, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Lecture by Professor Sheying Chen: “Building Social Work in China”
September 17, 2018, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University
Reaching Vulnerable Populations with FCAB (Financial Capability and Asset Building) Services: A Webinar Exploration and Discussion
September 11, 2018, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Center for Social Development and Center for Financial Security
Child Development Account Forum
July 25, 2018, Clark-Fox Forum, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Tax Time Savings Initiative Partner Convening
June 7, 2018, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Clark-Fox Forum, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
Coin a Better Future: Reaching Out to Financially Vulnerable Families
A special event celebrating Financial Capability Month.
Lecture with James Jaccard on Theory, Program Design, & Program Evaluation: The Value of Theory in Applied Social Science
November 9, 2017, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Discussion with authors of “The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty”
October 24, 2017, 8:15am to 1:00pm, Brown School of Social Work, Clark-Fox Forum, Washington University in St. Louis
Author Thomas Shapiro to speak about ‘Toxic Inequality’
October 5, 2017, 1:00 pm, Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Catalyzing a Financially Stable Workforce: How to Choose the Right Financial Wellness Program for Employees
September 19, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Brown School of Social Work, Clark-Fox Forum, Washington University in St. Louis
Webinar on Household Finances in Social Work Education & Examples for Integrating Tools & Content into the Curriculum
September 12, 2017 2:00 to 3:30 pm, Center for Social Development and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
What It’s Worth: Race, Place and the Financial Future of Our Communities
November 1, 2016, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 24:1 Cinema, Pagedale, MO
Social Security and Beyond: Building Financial Capability Across a Lifetime – Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party & Policy Discussion
Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 6 p.m. Reception and Policy Forum, 8 p.m. Debate Watch Party, Clark-Fox Forum, Hillman Hall, Brown School
Leveraging Tax Time to Build Financial Capability: Research Evidence and Policy Directions
February 22, 2016 from 11am to 5pm, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
A Convening on Financial Capability and Asset Building: Moving Forward
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Washington, D.C.
Webinar: Wealth Inequality and the Tax Code
Date: November 9, 2015, Webinar
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
October 20, 2015, Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, Washington University in St. Louis
Southern Regional Asset Building 2015 Conference: Dialogue on Race and Asset Building
October 8-9, 2015, Beau Rivage Resort, Biloxi, MS
529s and Child Savings Accounts: New Strategies to Promote Savings and Development for America’s Children
October 7, 2015, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Income and Wealth Inequality: A Talk by Melvin Oliver
September 16, 2015, St. Louis, MO
Missouri State Treasurer CDA Working Group
August 18, 2015, St. Louis, MO
A Convening on Financial Capability and Asset Building: Advancing Education, Research and Practice in Social Work
April 15-17, 2015, St. Louis, MO
YouthSave Learning & Exchange Conference
March 17-19, 2015, Toronto, Ontario
CSD 20th Anniversary event: A webinar from the University of Kansas’ Center on Assets, Education & Inclusion
March 10, 2015, 9:00 am
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening: Fall 2014
November 12-14, 2014, Detroit, MI
Community Action Forum: Creating Economic Opportunity
October 23, 2014, St. Louis, MO
Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition Conference
September 24-26, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening-Spring 2014
June 11-13, 2014, Seattle, Washington
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Curriculum Workshop and Training
May 12-15, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri
2nd Annual Household Balance Sheet Research Symposium
May 8-9, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri
Children’s Savings Accounts Round Table
March 27-28, 2014, New York, New York
The Tax-Man Giveth? Refunds, Savings, and Promoting Economic Security
February 25, 2014, Washington, DC
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening: Winter 2013
December 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C.
2013 SRABC Conference
October 16-18, 2013, Jacksonville, Florida
State Assets Coalition Cluster Convening-Fall 2013
August 7-9, 2013, Chicago, Illinois
Sherry Salway Black Lecture
May 13, 2013, Brown Lounge, Brown School
Financial Capability and Asset Building: Curriculum Training & Symposium
May 13-15, 2013, St. Louis, Missouri
Refund to Savings Expert Convening
March 6-7, 2013, St. Louis, Missouri
Child and Youth Finance International Education & Academic Research Meeting
February 12-13, 2013, St. Louis, Missouri
Research Symposium—Restoring Household Financial Stability After the Great Recession: Why Household Balance Sheets Matter
February 5-7, 2013, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Lifelong Asset Building: Innovations and Strategies in Asia
November 16-18, 2012, Beijing, China
Closing the Wealth Gap: Diversity of People, Policy, and Research
October 31, 2012 – November 2, 2012, Philadelphia, Mississippi
Financial Capability Across the Life Course: A Focus on Vulnerable Populations
October 24-26, 2012, St. Louis, Missouri
Symposium on International Research and Innovation
April 17, 2012, St. Louis, Missouri
Assets and Education Symposium
March 29-30, 2012, The University of Kansas – Lawrence
Closing the Wealth Gap: Building Family and Community Economic Success
October 20-21, 2011, Point Clear, Alabama
Closing the Wealth Gap: Promoting Change by Working Together
October 21-22, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana
Closing the Wealth Gap: Promoting an Inclusive Asset-Building Policy Agenda
October 15-16, 2009, Tallahassee, Florida
State Assets Policy Coalitions: Innovating Asset Building in a Changing Economic Environment
June 23-25, 2009, Kansas City, Missouri
Child Development Accounts: Research and Policy Symposium
November 12-14, 2008, St. Louis, Missouri
Global Symposium on Savings, Assets, and Financial Inclusion
June 27-29, 2007, Singapore
American Dream Demonstration Research Conference: Taking the Measure of the American Dream Demonstration
April 20, 2005, St. Louis, Missouri
From Democratic Consolidation to Social Development: Mainstreaming Social Development in the Indonesian Welfare System
March 27-29, 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia
International Conference on Asset Building and Social Development: Theory, Research, and Policy
September 9-12, 2004, Jinan, China
Building Tribal Economies: Linking Asset-Building Strategies
August 17-29, 2004, St. Louis, Missouri