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RAISE Texas: Asset Building Regional Meetings

The Texas Asset Building Coalition (TABC) is sponsoring a series of six free regional meetings around the state in 2006 to engage local stakeholders to focus on asset building at the local and state level. Through these regional meetings and an initial asset building summit held in Austin in November, TABC plans to develop an action agenda. Asset building provides individuals and families with an investment vehicle, protection, and hope for a better future. These regional meetings are part of TABC's campaign RAISE Texas (Resources, Assets, Investments, Savings, & Education).

Regional meeting schedule

Beaumont - January 18, 2 p.m.– 4 p.m., at Entergy Texas, 350 Pine St., Beaumont. Local registration information Mary Young, myoung2@entergy.com or (409) 981-2656. (The Beaumont meeting will focus on IDAs for the region and the follow-up asset building regional meeting will be held in spring, 2006).
Houston - February 8, 10 a.m.– 2 p.m., at United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, 50 Waugh Drive, Houston. Local registration information Lauren Gates, lauren@covenantcapital.org or (713) 223-1864 ext.15.
Dallas - February 15, 10 a.m.– 2 p.m., at Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2200 N. Pearl St., Dallas (Directions). Local registration information Soraya Andersen, soraya.anderson@dal.frb.org or (214) 922-5377.
San Antonio - February 28, 10 a.m.– 2 p.m., at Goodwill Industries of San Antonio, 406 W. Commerce St., San Antonio. Local registration information Rebecca Brune, RBrune@unitedwaysatx.org or (210) 352-7095.
McAllen - March 30, 10 a.m.– 1:30 p.m., at Palm View Community Center, 3401 Jordan Rd., McAllen. Local registration information Eunice Gonzalez, egonzalez@mcallenaffordablehomes.com or (956) 687-6263 ext. 121.
El Paso - April 25, 10 a.m.– 1:30 p.m., at El Paso Collaborative, 1359 Lomaland Dr., El Paso. Local registration information Christina Barraza, christina@epcollab.org or (915) 629-6730.

Local planning committees have been created in each location to help plan the meetings. Committee members include United Ways of Houston and San Antonio, YWCA of Dallas, Goodwill Industries of San Antonio, Covenant Community Capital Corporation, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, FDIC, Texas Credit Union Foundation, Entergy Texas, City of San Antonio, Christus Health, Alianza Financiera Hispana, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Texas Saves, IRS, Texas C-BAR, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, El Paso Collaborative, McAllen Affordable Homes, Houston Asset Building Coalition, Multicultural CDC, Southeast Texas CDC and Texas Asset Building Coalition.

For detailed information on the regional meetings contact Woody Widrow at widrro@consumer.org or 512-477-4431 x129. For more information on the TAB, go to www.covenantcapital.org and click on Texas Asset Building Coalition.

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