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CFED's 30th Anniversary Video

This special Anniversary video takes a look at three decades of expanding economic and social justice in this country and around the world and also how CFED is creating the future of economic opportunity. We spotlight three people who have benefited from our work.

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CFED's 30th Anniversary Video

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Andrea Levere's State of the Field at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Andrea Levere, President of CFED, gives the State of the Field during the Opening Plenary of the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.

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The story of the SEED Initiative

Like seeds, savings grow. And with them grow confidence, competence, connections, and capital — the elements of development. So — like seeds — what starts small and unprepossessing gradually becomes significant and profound.

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Cory Booker Speaking at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Newark, NJ Mayor, Cory Booker, gave a rousing speech at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference during the Assets & Opportunity Award presentation in Washington, D.C.

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Children’s Savings Conversation Hits National Airwaves

The 13-minute segment was a powerful testament to starting children early on the path towards higher education and long-term financial well-being.
Can America Save Itself? Tax Reform, Savings and Financial Security

At this breakfast event, some of the nation’s top experts on savings and financial security offered their ideas on the current critical role of tax policy in savings and what tax policy can do to help all Americans build bigger nest eggs for their futures.
Washington Post Writer Eugene Robinson on the American Dream

Eugene Robinson speaks on the American Dream at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference
Washington Post Writer Eugene Robinson on Reforming the Tax Code

Washington Post Writer Eugene Robinson's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference
CFPB Director Richard Cordray's Speech at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Richard Cordray's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Jon Campbell Speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Jon Campbell of Wells Fargo speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Lisa Mensah's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Lisa Mensah of the Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security speaking on asset building and financial security at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
A Panel Discussion at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Panel Discussion at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference
Bill Corr's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Bill Corr, Under Secretary of Health and Human Services, speaking at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Commissioner Jonathan Mintz and Treasurer José Cisneros Accept the 2012 Assets & Opportunity Award

Commissioner Jonathan Mintz and Treasurer José Cisneros accept the 2012 Assets & Opportunity Award on behalf of the Cities for Financial Empowerment at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Anne Mosle Speaking at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Anne Mosle, Executive Director of Ascend, the Family Economic Security Program, at the Aspen Institute, speaks about financial security and poverty in America at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Sterling Speirn's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Sterling Speirn, W. K. Kellogg Foundation President and CEO, speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Martha Kanter Speaking at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education, speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
CFED Founder Bob Friedman Speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

CFED Founder, Bob Friedman, speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference
Robin Katcher's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Robin Katcher, Founding Director of Management Assistance Group, speaks about social movements and networks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Lucy Gorham Speaking at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Lucy Gorham's remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Brooks' Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Jennifer Brooks, Director of State & Local Policy for CFED, speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
Jeremie Greer's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

CFED's Director of Government Affairs, Jeremie Greer, speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
José Quiñonez's Remarks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

Jose Quinonez, Executive Director of the Mission Asset Fund and chair of the Consumer Advisory Board, speaks at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference in Washington, D.C.
A Conversation with Savers: Martha Kanter and Three Savers at the 2012 Assets Learning Conference

A Conversation with Savers during CFED's 2012 Assets Learning Conference between Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education, and savers La Terra (Mile High United Way, Denver, CO), who is in her second year of law school, and Tiara (Maya Angelou Charter High School, Washington, DC), who is now a sophomore at Trinity University and the first in her family to go to college. Also speaking is Jennifer, who attends a KIPP DC school and plans to become a math teacher after she goes to college.
CFED President Andrea Levere Remarks at Municipal Report Release Video

CFED President Andrea Levere Remarks at Municipal Report Release Video
CFED and the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Coalition held a release event for CFED's new groundbreaking report, Building Economic Security in America's Cities: New Municipal Strategies for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment, on January 20th at 9am in Washington, DC.
Municipal Report Release Event Part Two - Panel Disucssion Video

CFED President Andrea Levere Remarks at Municipal Report Release Video
CFED and the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Coalition held a release event for CFED's new groundbreaking report, Building Economic Security in America's Cities: New Municipal Strategies for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment, on January 20th at 9am in Washington, DC.
Municipal Report Release Event Part One - Briefing Video

Municipal Report Release Event Part One - Briefing
CFED and the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Coalition held a release event for CFED's new groundbreaking report, Building Economic Security in America's Cities: New Municipal Strategies for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment, on January 20th at 9am in Washington, DC.
SETI Resource Bank Walkthrough Video

Resource Bank Walkthrough Video
We intend for the strategies shared in the Resource Bank to help other organizations develop tax code-based strategies to support entrepreneurs in their own communities. This is a living resource and we invite comments and suggestions at seti@cfed.org.
Entrepreneurship Panel at the Assets Learning Conference
Susan Mason's ALC Remarks
Gary Cunningham's ALC Remarks
Bob Kottler's ALC Remarks
Bob Friedman's ALC Closing Remarks
Michael Sherraden's ALC Remarks
CFED's President's Award Presentation to Peter Nares
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit accepting CFED's Assets and Opportunity Award
Assets and Opportunity Award Presentation
Thomas Shapiro ALC Remarks
Melvin Oliver ALC Remarks
Andrea Levere's ALC Address Part 3
Andrea Levere's ALC Address Part 2
Andrea Levere'sALC Address Part 1
Vote for CFED!

CFED is competing in a national online-voting campaign called Giving Made Simple for a $1 million grant from Sam's Club. Watch this short video to see how we would help 100,000 self-employed Americans start their business off right if we won. And then go to www.samsclub.com/giving and vote for CFED!
CBS News Highlights IDA Accounts and CFED

Just under 70 percent of American families own their homes. But it can be awfully tough for many working Americans who live paycheck-to-paycheck to save enough for that all-important down payment.
SEED as a National Policy

The primary objective of the SEED Initiative is to set the stage for universal, progressive American policy for asset building among children, youth, and families. This video explores the rationale behind providing an account at birth for every child in America.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 3.4 Next Steps

Next Steps
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 3.3 Closing Remarks by Andrea Levere

Closing Remarks by Andrea Levere
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 3.2 Results of the Design Challenges

Innovators and leaders report out the results of several innovation design challenges that were completed as part of the 2009 Innovation Summit.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 3.1 Innovators-in-Residence Reflect on the Summit

Two of CFED's Innovators-in-Residence reflect on their day at the Innovation Summit, including valuable take-aways, new questions and insights generated.
2009 Innovation Summit: Announcement by Clayton Homes & Frontier Housing

Announcement by Clayton Homes & Frontier Housing
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 1.3 Michele Jolin

Michele Jolin, Senior Advisor for Social Innovation at The White House, outlines the Administration's innovation agenda, several exciting opportunities and ways in which individuals and networks of innovators can be engaged.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 2.7 Langdon Morris...part 3

Langdon Morris, of Innovation Labs, outlines innovation as a systematic process to solve problems with very high levels of creativity and collaboration.
2009 Innovation Summit: 21 Top Innovators

Meet the 21 top Innovators selected by CFED. Hear their voices as they describe their motivations, goals, and innovations that increase economic opportunity for all Americans.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 2.7 Langdon Morris...part 2

Langdon Morris, of Innovation Labs, outlines innovation as a systematic process to solve problems with very high levels of creativity and collaboration.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 2.6 Langdon Morris

Langdon Morris, of Innovation Labs, outlines innovation as a systematic process to solve problems with very high levels of creativity and collaboration.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 2.3 Instant Polling

Ian Rowe polls the audience of innovators on "common goals" the role of youth, and a vision for retaking world leadership in college completion.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 2.2 Ian Rowe...continued

Ian Rowe, of the Gates Foundation, makes a case for bold aspirational goals. Specifically: Retaking World Leadership in College Completion
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 2.1 Ian Rowe

Ian Rowe, of the Gates Foundation, makes a case for bold aspirational goals. Specifically: Retaking World Leadership in College Completion
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 1.2 Geeta Rao Gupta

Geeta Rao Gupta, president of the International Center for Research on Woman, recounts the benefits of Innovation for her family, and draws lessons for the transformative impact of innovation in the developing world.
2009 Innovation Summit: Plenary 1.1 Andrea Levere

Andrea Levere, President of CFED, opens the Innovation Summit with a call to collaborative action and a warm introduction for Geeta Rao Gupta.
2009 Innovation Summit: Innovators on Stage

Each of CFED's Top 21 Innovators at the Innovation Summit present their ideas.
Innovation Summit 2009

"Creating the Future of Economic Opportunity", October 29, 2009 Innovation Summit
Building Real Communities with Real Assets
Breakfast with Accountholders
Living with a Hole in Your Pocket
Saving for the Future

Savers in the SEED (Savings for Education, Entrepreneurship and Downpayment) Initiative talk about saving for their future.
SEED Families

Families in the SEED (Savings for Education, Entrepreneurship and Downpayment) Initiative talk about the importance of the program
SEED Savers in Puerto Rico

Students at an elementary school in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico have been saving for their futures in the Savings for Education, Entrepeneurship and Downpayment (SEED) initiative. For more information visit http://seed.cfed.org.
SEED as an Investment

Two of the visionaries behind the SEED Initiative -- Bob Friedman, founder of CFED, and Michael Sherraden, founder of the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, sit down in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia to discuss why an account at birth is an investment in families, communities, and ultimately the country. SEED is a "GI Bill for the 21st Century but for everybody."
SEED Sidewalk Interviews

Our video crews interviewed people on the streets of Philadelphia and St. Louis to get their take on the idea of endowing every child with a nest egg at birth. Their reactions are captured in this short video clip.
What is SEED?

The Saving for Education, Entrepreneurship and Downpayment (SEED) Policy and Practice Initiative seeks to develop, test, document and promote progressive matched savings accounts and financial education for children and youth in low-income families as a cost-effective anti-poverty strategy, product, and policy.
SEED: Families Saving Together

What difference would it make if every child in America grew up knowing that she or he had a nest egg to go to college, buy a home or start a business? This video explores some of the benefits that individuals, families and communities have gained through the SEED program.
SEED: Saving for Education, Entrepreneurship and Downpayment

SEED: Saving for Education, Entrepreneurship and Downpayment
IDA Saver Speaks on Capitol Hill

A graduate of the Individual Development Account program at the Capital Area Asset Builders tells his story at CFED's Assets and Opportunity Scorecard Briefing on Capitol Hill on October 5, 2007
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