<div dir="auto">ll--------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gaston, Pamela</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov">Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 4:31 PM<br>Subject: April CBVI Community Connection Conference Call<br><br></div><br><br>




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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;color:black">April 2023 Commission Community Connection Conference Call <u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black">Stretching and Strengthening Your Financial Capability</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;color:black">Wednesday, April 19, 2023  </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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</span><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background:white;color:black">Hosted by Krystle Allen, CBVI Community Outreach Specialist <u></u> <u></u></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:white">Building and maintaining financial capability is a lifelong journey. It’s a cycle of learning for making what you have work for you. It’s about understanding
 and assessing your situation, including your beliefs and feelings about money. It’s also about processing knowledge and information, evaluating options, making informed decisions, solving problems and taking action. The more informed you are about your financial
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:white">April is Financial Capability Month, and, this month’s panelists will include
<b>Thomas Foley</b>, the Director of the National Disability Institute, the first national non-profit exclusively dedicated to the financial education and empowerment of people with disabilities;
<b>Meena Song, Esq</b>., Director of Litigation for the Community Health Law Project;
<b>Marcial Hernandez</b>, Public Affairs Specialist for the Social Security Administration;
<span> </span><b>Clark King</b>, a retired Wall Street Director of Investments who happens to be blind and others who will provide information that may help you address your personal financial
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<b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background:white;color:black">CALL IN: 1-888-808-6929 / ACCESS CODE: 4095066#</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background:white;color:black">If you have any questions, or would like to suggest topics for future Commission Community Connection Calls, please
 don’t hesitate to email:<u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background:white"><a>Krystle.Allen@dhs.nj.gov</a><span style="color:black">  or call: 973-648-4497.</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;color:black"> <u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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