Finance Forward: Columbia, South Carolina
Income volatility and financial insecurity can take a devastating toll on our families and communities. We joined Mayor Steve Benjamin and a distinguished panel to discuss practical, innovative, private and public solutions to income volatility in Columbia and beyond.
This event brought together a panel of experts from multiple sectors to publicly share their understanding of income volatility and to discuss the most possible, practical, and promising solutions.
Panelists & Speakers:
- Mayor Steve Benjamin, Columbia, South Carolina
- Amelia Erwitt, Managing Director, CFE Fund
- Clint Key, Research Officer, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Sasha Orloff, CEO & Founder, LendUp
- Wanda Pearson, Chief Programming Officer, The Cooperative Ministry
- Ida Rademacher, Executive Director, The Aspen Institute Financial Security Program
- Joanna Smith-Ramani, Program Director, EPIC
Super excited to kick off our #FinanceForward series on income volatility tonight, w/ @SteveBenjaminSC, @sashaorloff, @Aspen_FSP & many more pic.twitter.com/l3E0cOG4ZE
— LendUp (@LendUpCredit) June 1, 2017
Many thanks to our #JROTC #LRHS volunteers for helping with today’s #FinanceForward event! pic.twitter.com/kC18Cg8PNk
— Aspen FSP (@Aspen_FSP) June 1, 2017
Delighted to welcome everyone to #FinanceForward in partnership with @LendUpCredit & @AspenInstitute for our income volatility discussion pic.twitter.com/mSRjRaCMzN
— Steve Benjamin (@SteveBenjaminSC) June 1, 2017
Families are suffering and we have an obligation to do something says @Aspen_FSP‘S Joanna Smith-Ramani #FinanceForward pic.twitter.com/kA93fvRey9
— Aspen FSP (@Aspen_FSP) June 1, 2017
I think #IncomeVolatility is the most important financial challenge facing American families today says @clintkey #FinanceForward pic.twitter.com/BvEuouPUkv
— Aspen FSP (@Aspen_FSP) June 1, 2017
Hearing #IncomeVolatility true stories from the audience. Job instability, family changes, & want to provide for their kids #FinanceForward pic.twitter.com/SvssMFRQeV
— Aspen FSP (@Aspen_FSP) June 1, 2017
“Unstable families lead to unstable communities.” @TheCoopMin #financeforward
— Lee Patterson (@leelpatt) June 1, 2017
#FinanceForward: “We started LendUp to build better financial products, to serve the changing needs of people across the U.S.” –@sashaorloff pic.twitter.com/kvzLqxCByH
— LendUp (@LendUpCredit) June 1, 2017
Income volatility isn’t a red or blue issue, a black or white issue.. we all have skin in the game. – Mayor @SteveBenjaminSC #FinanceForward
— K. Hansen (@kiesehansen) June 1, 2017
It was a full house in @CityofColumbia for our #FinanceForward event. Thank you to everyone who came! Learn more at https://t.co/GKmqKmEH4a pic.twitter.com/xIKogfDAjJ
— Aspen FSP (@Aspen_FSP) June 1, 2017