Pre-Conference Session Photo Gallery (October 2, 2019)
The day before the conference, 18 people with disabilities and family members attended a pre-conference orientation in preparation for the following day. These folks discussed what financial empowerment means for them, and shared their answers in these photos below.
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- These are the faces of #FinancialEmpowermentForPWD
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- The pre-conference group shares what Financial Empowerment means for them.
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- Financial empowerment is… action, saving, debt-free
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- Financial empowerment is… Freedom, Safety & Security
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- Financial empowerment is… having enough resources to live the kind of life I want to live and to control my own destiny
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- Financial empowerment is… knowledge for making life decisions
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- Financial empowerment is… – Access to higher education! – Planning for retirement – Saving college money for my niece!
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- Financial empowerment is… – having an accessible home for my husband; being able to save for my son’s college; saving for retirement; being able to take vacations. – learning about budgeting and credit for my future. – College funded for my son, an accessible home/van, taco Tuesday for everyone!
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- Financial empowerment is… Money management. Having my own business. Having my own home. Being able to make my own decisions about my life. Being in control of my own future. Being able to manage my very own finances for myself.
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- Financial empowerment is… being able to manage my finances. Being able to afford my needs, as well as some wants for my future to be able to be as independent as possible. Have my own home, and be able to help my grandson to understand his finances so he won’t be taken advantage of. I pray for Roc to be able to afford his needs as well as his wants. Have tutoring for his intellectual disabilities and move forward in his art career. I would love to travel
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- Financial empowerment is… MAWD Asset Cap Elimination Job Success for Workers with Disabilities #IWantToWork and MAWD Income Cap Elimination
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- Financial empowerment is… making my own financial decisions!
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- Financial empowerment is… seeing my dreams become reality: Family, Travel, Homeowner, Health
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- Financial Empowerment is… Buying my first house
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- Financial Empowerment is… Independence & Advocacy for Others
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- Financial Empowerment is… Change in apartments New bed Vacation!
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- Financial Empowerment is… Retire well
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- Financial Empowerment is… seeing the Grateful Dead in San Francisco on NYE!
