Radio: Empower victims for financial self-sufficiency

by Center for Personal Finance editors

WASHINGTON (9/5/08)--More domestic abuse survivors are getting the help they need to put their financial lives back together, thanks to the efforts of three guests on this week's H&FF Radio show.

Home & Family Finance airs Sundays at 3 p.m. EDT on the Radio America Network. The one-hour program devoted to consumer finance issues is brought to you by America's credit unions and their 90 million members, and is presented by CO-OP Network.

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and Radio America are podcasting Home & Family Finance through iTunes, Podcast Alley, Odeo, and other popular podcast library sites, as well as on Radio America and CUNA's websites.

Sunday's show, which you also can hear later via the Internet, features Paul Berry, Washington, D.C., journalist and broadcaster, discussing these topics with special guests:

• "Financially Empowering Women Survivors of Violence and Domestic Abuse," with Cindy Dyer, executive director, Office of Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.;

• "Second Chance," with Dr. Ludie Green, founder, executive director, Second Chance Employment Services, Washington, D.C., and New York City;

• "Life After Second Chance," with Joe'l, domestic abuse survivor, single working mother, Washington, D.C.;

• "Native American Women: Steps Toward Economic Self-Sufficiency," with Elsie Meeks, president/CEO, Oweesta Corp., Rapid City, S.D.; and

• "The Things I've Seen: A Credit Union Veteran Shares His Experience With Credit Union Growth and Service to Its Members," with Ed Fox, president/CEO, Mid-Atlantic Corporate FCU, Middletown, Pa.

Home & Family Finance is a resource center for personal finance information at CUNA. The radio show is sponsored by CO-OP Network, the national credit union ATM network; Cabot Creamery Cooperative, maker of award-winning cheddar; Visa; and Western Corporate FCU and its member credit unions. For more information, read "Knowledge, Experience, Action Quell Women's Money Fears" in Home & Family Resource Center.

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