Workshop Description

Equitable Equity: Financial Regulations and Protections for Consumers

In order to protect all consumers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the government has in place a set of agencies and a group of regulations to protect all consumers’ financial resources. This one-hour webinar, the first in our multi-week Summer Speakers Series, will examine consumer rights, responsibilities, remedies, and the importance of consumer vigilance, and will provide teaching resources to assist in teaching these concepts to middle and high school students.

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George Mason University Center for Economic Education

Jul 13, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Grade Level: High School, Middle School
Potential Recertification Credits: 1

In order to protect all consumers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the government has in place a set of agencies and a group of regulations to protect all consumers’ financial resources.  This one-hour webinar – the first in our multi-week Summer Speaker’s Series – will examine consumer rights, responsibilities, remedies, and the importance of consumer vigilance, and will provide teaching resources to assist in teaching these concepts to middle and high school students.

We will be joined by attorney Emily Connor Kennedy, a shareholder at Boleman Law Firm and a part of the firm’s consumer litigation team. Her focuses include helping clients who are facing consumer rights issues such as credit report inaccuracies and abuses from mortgage servicers and banks.


Fee: NO CHARGE


Additional Information:

The 2021 Summer Speaker's Series is made possible by the generous support of our workshop sponsors and through the gracious volunteers from the Financial Planning Association of Central Virginia.


Instructor: O. Kate Scott, Associate Director
Contact Person:
O. Kate Scott, Associate Director
Center for Economic Education
George Mason University
703.268.8938
oscott2@gmu.edu

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