Improving Financial Literacy in Oregon is the Priority of Many

Beaverton, ORE – Financial literacy is a critical key to helping a young adult become a knowledgeable and responsible consumer. Like knowing how to tie our shoes or brush our teeth, learning how to manage money is a life skill – one that many Oregon youth will be lacking as they graduate from high school.

On January 7, at the Salem Convention Center, a broad coalition of individuals and groups that support, promote and provide financial education to Oregon’s youth including representatives from Oregon credit unions, banks, financial planners, the Oregon mortgage industry, Oregon Treasurer’s Office, Oregon Department of Education, Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, AARP, and Junior Achievement will participate in the first Financial Education Summit for improving financial literacy in Oregon.

Senator Rick Metsger will act as the MC for the meeting. Guest speakers include Oregon State Treasurer Ben Westlund, Robert Duval, CEO of the National Council on Economic Education and Member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, and Cory Streisinger, Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

At the summit, a member of the Governor’s Financial Education and Civics Task Force will discuss findings from their recently completed
report. About CUAO The Credit Union Association of Oregon (CUAO) is a nonprofit, professional trade association representing Oregon's state-, community-, and federally-chartered credit unions. Since 1936, CUAO has been at the forefront of credit union issues at the state, regional, and national level, and provides a voice for Oregon's 1.4 million credit union members on issues impacting credit unions at a local level.