Date: August 5-7, 2015
Location: St. Louis, MO
Select experts in the field of asset building will meet in St. Louis to discuss ongoing efforts to advance inclusive state and federal policy development and policies that will expand incentives and opportunities for low-and moderate-income families across the life spectrum. Coalition participants from Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Washington will gather for a day and a half of training, discussions, and presentations. The focus of this convening is the impact of student loan debt and asset building .
Presentations
- U.S. Family Balance Sheets and Students Loans, Ray Boshara
- The Real College Debt Crisis: How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being and Erodes the American Dream, Melinda Lewis
- Disentangling the Connections Between Student Debt, Race, and Material Hardship, Dana Perantie
- The Debt Divide: The Racial and Class Bias Behind the “New Normal” of Student Borrowing, Mark Huelsman
- Federal Perspectives on Student Loan Debt, David Sieminski
- Financial Education and Capability Commission, Francesca Jean-Baptiste & Caryn Aslan
- Addressing Student Debt Burdens in Texas, Garrett Groves