Asset Building for All: Pathways to Financial Inclusion 

 

  • Tuesday, May 20th 2025
  • Bellingham Cruise Terminal. 355 Harris Ave, Bellingham WA 98225
  • 1:00 – 4:00pm. Doors open at 12:30 for resource tables, data displays, and networking.

We know that in our community, there are households that struggle to break out of the paycheck to paycheck cycle. Contributing factors are high housing costs, banking deserts, or difficulties finding employment. Asset building is the process of accumulating tangible and intangible resources to improve economic well-being and financial stability.

Come learn about local solutions and policy initiatives that promote financial inclusion and asset building in our communities. Keynote and panelist sessions will explore affordable homeownership strategies, financial literacy access, and pathways to education and job skills training.

12:30: Doors open. Resource tabling and data displays, open networking.

1:00: Welcome and keynote. Ryan Davis, Financial Empowerment Network

1:30: Breakout session one. Choose one of three simultaneously occurring panel presentations

  • Financial Foundations: Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
  • Opening Doors: Affordable Homeownership Strategies
  • Breaking Barriers to Employment: Training for the Future   

2:20: Break

2:30: Breakout session two. Choose one of three simultaneously occurring panel presentations

  • Financial Foundations: Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
  • Opening Doors: Affordable Homeownership Strategies
  • Breaking Barriers to Employment: Training for the Future  

3:30: Closing session, “Building Policies for Prosperity.” Moderated conversation with Jesse Johnson, Office of the Washington State Treasurer, and Ryan Davis of Financial Empowerment Network.

4:00 Adjourn

Attendees will choose to attend two of the three following breakout panel sessions: 

Breaking Barriers to Employment: Training for the Future. 

Opening Doors: Affordable Homeownership Strategies

Financial Foundations: Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle

Building Policies for Prosperity with the Office of the Washington State Treasurer.

  • Our closing session will be a moderated conversation with Ryan Davis of the Financial Empowerment Network and Jesse Johnson, Outreach and Communication Director with the Office of the Washington State Treasurer and a former State Representative. 
Register here