Family Financial Fun Night combines financial education with fun

The Barker Center for Economic Education's staff, along with twenty-five University of Akron education majors from the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education, collaborated with volunteers from Wells Fargo and the Council for Economic Education to bring a family financial fun night to the Mary M. Bethune School in East Cleveland, Ohio, on November 6. The K-8 public school, in the Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD), services an economically distressed neighborhood, where 100% of students that attend the school are identified as financially disadvantaged by the Ohio Department of Education. The event had over fifty-two youth and twenty-three families participate.

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Thursday, Nov. 21  (8:00 am - 1:30 pm)

Diversitas is a financial knowledge symposium bringing leaders in financial planning together with middle and secondary teachers, their students, and other career influencers. This event helps guests explore the financial planning industry, to build professional hope for young people and career changers in an industry that is working diligently to be fully inclusive. It is brought to the community by the Financial Planning Program, in partnership with the Barker Center, at The University of Akron’s College.

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