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Generation X aand Y Sum
mmer 2009
Particip
pant’s Co
orner Dr. Beauman
n participated
d in a Wi$eU
Up Online classs with Top La
adies Of Distiinction, a serrvice providerr organization
n with the DO
OL Women’s B
Bureau – Reg
gion 8 (Frances Jefferson R
RA, Denver, C
CO). “I have threee adult daugh
hters betweeen thirty and thirty‐five, and each of tthem has parrticipated in the Wi$eUp Program. They are liviing on their o
own in three states and th
hey are trying to maanage their reesources in these difficultt economic times. The in
nformation th
hey learned has been hellpful as well as inspiratio
onal. The chaapters on bud
dgeting and investmentss have been eespecially inssightful, and as a mother, owing that th
here is good I have a littlee more peacee of mind kno
information available to help my chilldren be indeependent and successfful.” — D
Dr. Wanda B
Beauman Wi$eUp Chaiir TLOD ­ Top
p Ladies of Disstinction, Den
nver, CO Left to Righ
ht ­Shaunda B
Beauman,
“I am singlle and enrolleed in grad sch
hool working
g on my MBA Shireelyn Beauman Iyoha, pinion women generally d
don’t have as much financcial degree. In my op
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Wanda Beauma
an, ormation as m
men do becau
use our Amerrican society h
has not put th
hem info
Ch
harlene Beaum
man in th
he role of forrmally manag
ging households, paying ta
axes, and doing inveestments… Fiinancial educcation is impo
ortant, and evvery family should make surre that their g
girls are as w
well pared as theiir boys are.” prep
– Shaunda
a Beauman B
B.S “I am m
married with two young son
ns, and I belieeve that wom
men need f
financial know
wledge for th
heir own menttal and physiccal well‐being
g as well as f
for that of the
eir families…TThe Wi$e Up program hass allowed me to have easy a
access to a va
ariety of finan
ncial program
ms and plans iin budgeting, controlling s
spending, and
d long‐term fi
financial plann
ning. We aree building equ
uity in our h
home, and ar
re aware of th
he importancce of managin
ng debt.” – Sh
hirelyn Beau
uman Iyoha,, PhD “I am singlle and recenttly finished my
my master’s deegree in Foreensic Science. I think a lott about my finances and I try to
o make sensib
ble decisions a
about spending money, su
uch as living b
below my means a
and rarely sp
plurging…. I a
also try not tto accrue a lo
ot of debt and
d when I do geet a loan or buyy on credit, I p
pay it off quicckly.” – Charlene Beeauman, M.S
S.