{"id":72538,"date":"2019-10-26T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-charm-citys-leading-spanish-language-financial-conference-showcases-art-culture-and-2020-census\/"},"modified":"2019-10-26T10:54:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T14:54:01","slug":"la-principal-conferencia-financiera-en-espanol-de-la-ciudad-del-encanto-exhibe-arte-cultura-y-el-censo-de-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-principal-conferencia-financiera-en-espanol-de-la-ciudad-del-encanto-exhibe-arte-cultura-y-el-censo-de-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Charm City&#8217;s Leading Spanish-Language Financial Conference Showcases Art, Culture and 2020 Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BALTIMORE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 26, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore&#8217;s<\/span> only Spanish-language financial empowerment conference, &#8220;Mi Dinero, <span class=\"xn-person\">Mi Destino<\/span>&#8221; kicks off today from <span class=\"xn-chron\">10am-3:30pm<\/span> at Archbishop Borders&#8217; School. In its fifth year, the <b>free<\/b> event brings together vibrant cultural arts, festive music, financial education and community resources.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>State officials designated October as Maryland&#8217;s <b>Financial Literacy Month. <\/b>The <b>William &amp; Lanaea C. Featherstone Foundation, <\/b>an award-winning nonprofit organization, hosts this gathering annually. With eight workshops, a fun family environment and a stellar speaker lineup, the event attracts the Charm City&#8217;s growing Spanish-speaking community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Financial education is a lynchpin in our journey to tackle inequality. Our goal is to create a world where there is equal access to opportunity,&#8221; said <b>Lanaea C. Featherstone<\/b>, CEO, Featherstone Foundation and Open Society Institute-Baltimore&#8217;s Fellows Advisory Board. <\/p>\n<p>During a special luncheon ceremony, <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Alan Torres Tovar<\/span><\/b>, head of community affairs, of the <b>Consular Section of the Embassy of <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span><\/b>, will provide remarks.<b>\u00a0Catalina Rodriguez-Lima<\/b>,\u00a0director of the\u00a0<b>Mayor&#8217;s Office\u00a0of Immigrant Affairs <\/b>and <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Daniel Jones<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0partnership specialist,\u00a0<b>U.S. Census Bureau, <\/b>will highlight local and national Census 2020 efforts. The <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore<\/span>-based Mexican Folklore Group, <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Bailes de Mi Tierra<\/span><\/b>, will also perform a series of traditional dances for attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The free conference provides families with access to resources in Spanish on personal finance, understanding credit, the homebuying process, and tips on how to start a business, pay for college and choose a career path. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;State Farm is pleased to invest in innovative initiatives that are advancing economic growth in our communities,&#8221; said <b><span class=\"xn-person\">David Rosario<\/span><\/b>, agent, State Farm.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The event kicks off with an exhibition hall that includes companies such as Bank of America, BB&amp;T, BGE, Fulton Bank, Latino Economic Development Center, <span class=\"xn-person\">Maryland Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development, PNC, SECU, State Farm, Wells Fargo and a host of community organizations and government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will receive breakfast, lunch and includes activities for the children such as face painting and pi\u00f1ata-making. Interested attendees can\u00a0<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2623179-1&amp;h=2232521630&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmi-dinero-mi-destino-tickets-72745990215%3Faff%3Debdssbeac&amp;a=register+online\" rel=\"nofollow\">register online<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or check-in onsite at <b>Archbishop Borders School: <\/b>3500 Foster Ave, <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore, MD<\/span> 21224.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  The William &amp; Lanaea C. Featherstone Foundation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BALTIMORE<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 26, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore&#8217;s<\/span> only Spanish-language financial empowerment conference, &#8220;Mi Dinero, <span class=\"xn-person\">Mi Destino<\/span>&#8221; kicks off today from <span class=\"xn-chron\">10am-3:30pm<\/span> at Archbishop Borders&#8217; School. In its fifth year, the <b>free<\/b> event brings together vibrant cultural arts, festive music, financial education and community resources.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>State officials designated October as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}