Last week during a Financial Empowerment Center one-on-one counseling session, a participant made the following comment, “It’s like, why even bother to save this amount? After all of my bills are paid, this amount is not worth the effort to transfer into...
You’ve seen it: the rising price of groceries, household items, gas and utility bills. Since the start of the pandemic, virtually every part of our lives has been touched by the mounting price of goods and services, which is especially concerning for our neighbors...
Sabrina Franklin joined the Financial Empowerment Center in 2013 and currently holds the position of Financial Counseling Manager. With the June theme of financial independence through savings in mind, she offers a few thoughts on savings and some of her earliest...
Erin Akery, of Madison, is the Senior Manager of the FEC. After graduating from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and working for two years with AmeriCorps in Boston, she joined United Way in 2013 to help Nashvillians achieve greater financial freedom. She...
Jamie Lewis-Stewart, from Murfreesboro, spent nearly a decade working inside the banking system before joining the Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) as financial counselor in 2020. For Financial Literacy Month, she offers a few thoughts on her journey and how her...
