Category: Penny Forward
Welcome to Penny Forward, a nonprofit organization founded and led by blind people. We empower each other to confidently navigate the complicated landscape of personal finance. We offer self-paced online financial education courses, weekly and monthly personal finance workshops, and one to one financial counseling provided by blind financial counselors.
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Join the Penny Forward Groups.io Email List
Announcing… Penny Forward now has a groups.io email list! There are many in our community that just have an easier time operating email and currently our mailing list here are all one way traffic. This is why we thought it may be nice to begin a email list where you can communicate with others in…
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Wednesday Workshop: The Total Money Makeover
5Th Wed. Book Discussion The Total Money Makeover You joined us for a discussion about this popular best selling book by Dave Ramsey. We explored what we thought would work and may not work for our unique spin to the market place. We also reserved time to talk about anything else you would like. To…
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Wednesday Workshop: About Gratitude
When do you know you’ve saved enough? Whether you’re planning for retirement or saving for your first home, it’s easy to focus on what you want or need rather than what you have. This week, while much of the United States is taking time off for the Thanksgiving holiday, we took a step back and…
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Podcast: Can I Afford a Guide Dog?
Intro Liz and Chris are both guide dog users. And we were curious about how affordable a guide dog might be. Especially to someone on a lower income. Guide dogs aren’t for everybody, but for some people, guide dogs can offer more independence and freedom than traveling with a cane. But, if you’re considering having…
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Financial Sense¢: Side Hustle
Financial Sense¢: About Fiverr Topic Have you ever wanted to start a side hustle but you’re not sure what you can do? For blind people, and many other people with disabilities who are unable to drive, many of the more popular options, such as Uber, Lyft, or DoorDash, aren’t practical choices. Still, people who are…
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Wednesday Workshop: About Financial Advisers
Who are Professional Financial Advisors? This month we’ve been talking about advice. We started with how to know whether you’re getting good or bad advice and moved onto what we can do to make sure we’re giving good advice. We’ll continue the conversation this week by talking about professional financial advisors, the professional training they…
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Wednesday Workshop: Techniques to Give Good Advice
Techniques to Give Good Advice Recording for 11/09/2022… As we start to learn more about financial wellness, we inevitably encounter many well-meaning people who want to share their advice. Last week’s call was all about how to know whether the advice you’re receiving is good or bad advice. We continued the discussion this week and…
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Podcast: Past, Present, and Future of Accessible Voting
Today, we are talking with Clark Rachfal Director of advocacy and governmental affairs of the American Council of the Blind, and Luanne Blake, Director of research programs of the National Federation of the Blind. They will share information related to accessible voting, what options those of us who are blind or low vision have when…
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Wednesday Workshop: Telling Good Advice from Bad Advice
Telling Good Advice from Bad Advice When we want to make a change to our finances, many of us seek advice. Maybe we want to be told what to do, or maybe we want to be told we’re about to do the right thing. What ever the reason, though, how do we know that the…
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Penny Forward Featured On APH CareerConnect
Whether you are a 15-year-old blind high school student or an 81-year-old blind attorney, financial literacy can save you thousands. Check out this story from APH CareerConnect about how Lisa Lloyd believes financial literacy is key to preventing financial abuse within the blind community. This story also describes how Penny Forward is working to close…