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Your Dollar Your World 2008 Conference Kit
On February 5, 2008, Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, in collaboration with The Center for Economic Education, University of Connecticut and the Bank of America held a personal finance and economics conference for high school students, “Your Dollar, Your World” at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
This conference was designed to teach students about how the issues of climate change, human rights, and workplace protections affect businesses in a global economy and in turn, how students’ personal financial decisions to spend, save and invest can influence how businesses respond to these issues.
In total 475 students from 21 Connecticut high schools (list of participating schools )participated in the conference.
The Conference Kit
This conference kit is designed so that public officials, students and educators
can replicate “Your Dollar, Your World” in your state or school
The kit follows the
Agenda
of the conference and includes video of the morning session
(watch here)
and related research on each of the three issues
Key Features of the Conference: Keynote presentation by Jerome Tagger, Secretariat, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
Launch of the “Green Division” and Long Term Investing for a Better World Mutual Fund Essay Competition of the nationally syndicated Stock Market Game
KLD presentation on the meaning of corporate responsibility
A documentary
film
“The Promise”
on Darfur genocide produced by
Speaker presentations on the business response to Climate Change, Human Rights and Workplace Protections
Working Round Table Lunch presentation and vide
on how students’ personal financial decisions can make a difference.
(watch here)
For a free DVD of the conference email your request to
Madelyn Colon
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