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Latino Community Foundation and the Mission Asset Fund are pleased to invite you to join us for our upcoming Community-Conversaciones speaker series.

Our discussion will:

  • Provide insight on the current California budget crisis and how it impacts working families
  • Address economic issues at the local and regional level
  • Focus on community-based solutions to build family financial stability

CommunityConversaciones is LCF’s new speaker series that aims to bring community members together to address pressing issues that impact Latino families in the Bay Area and highlight solutions for change.

Building Financial Stability in Tough Economic Times

Featuring The Honorable José Cisneros, Treasurer, City and County of San Francisco, Bank of San Francisco

Speakers Include:

Olivia Calderon, California Legislative Director
New America Foundation

Gilda Gonzales, Chief Executive Officer
The Unity Council

Max Neiman, Associate Director, Research
Public Policy Institute of California

José Quinonez, Executive Director
Mission Asset Fund

Moderator: Raquel F. Donoso, Executive Director
Latino Community Foundation

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

The San Francisco Foundation

Koshland Conference Room

225 Bush Street, Suite 500

San Francisco, CA 94104


Registration and breakfast will begin at 8:30 am.

Space is limited. RSVP is required. To RSVP please visit: http://missionassetfund.org/rsvp or call 415-733-8591 or email lcf@sff.org

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