NCUA to Offer Workshop for Credit
Unions on Service to Latino Community
May 15, 2003, Alexandria, Va. – National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA) Board Member Deborah Matz announced the
agency’s next “Partnering and Leadership Successes” (PALS)
workshop to be held in Durham, N.C. on July 8. The workshop,
entitled “Making the Latino Connection: A PALS Workshop
for Credit Unions,” offers credit union representatives
an opportunity to share ideas and methods for serving members
of the Latino community within their fields of membership. The
one-day workshop is co-sponsored by the Alabama, Georgia, North
Carolina and South Carolina Credit Union Leagues and is free.
“This PALS workshop will provide credit union officials
with suggestions for programs and tools that are tried and true
in serving Latino populations,” said Matz. “It will
help the credit union representatives understand the demographics,
culture and financial needs of this growing community and how
to effectively focus marketing efforts.”
The workshop will address topics such as connecting with Latino
community leaders, winning marketing strategies, Individual Taxpayer
Identification Numbers, volunteer income tax assistance and financial
literacy. Credit unions that have been successful in marketing
to Latino populations will offer insights to participants. A
networking and exhibit session will allow participants to review
innovative materials and programs.
The workshop will be held at the Durham Marriott at the Civic
Center, 201 Foster Street, Durham, N.C. Register for this free
event by downloading the registration form from http://www.ncua.gov/org/orgchart/ocud/Events/EventRegistration.htm and fax (703-518-6680) or email (ocudmail@ncua.gov) the completed
form to NCUA. Contact NCUA’s Office of Credit Union Development
at 703-518-6610 for more details.
Matz’s PALS initiative is part of NCUA’s Access
Across America program, designed to create economic empowerment
through expanded credit union service into underserved neighborhoods
and communities. The first PALS program, held in San Francisco
in April, drew more than 100 participants to learn about opportunities
to foster home ownership through credit union partnerships with
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation NeighborWorks® organizations.
The National Credit Union Administration, governed by a three-member
board appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate,
is the independent federal agency that regulates, charters and
supervises federal credit unions. NCUA, with the backing of the
full faith and credit of the U.S. government, operates and manages
the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, insuring the
deposits of more than 80 million account holders in all federal
credit unions and the overwhelming majority of state-chartered
credit unions.
