Economic Development

Financial Fortitude

Financial Fortitude Committee plans and implements educational programs that focus on various financial behaviors such as setting and writing short term and long term financial goals, establishing and maintaining bank accounts, credit education and management, estate planning and how to purchase insurance. They are charged with developing programs in the Greater Cleveland community that will maintain financial knowledge and in the development of inter-generational wealth.

Under the Financial Fortitude program, the Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter conducts:

• Spring and Fall Financial Literacy Seminars and Workshops

Overview

National economic trends, such as unstable employment, the threat to Social Security as we know it, and the widening gap between wealth and poverty are the basis for the development of Financial Fortitude, the current Economic Development Program Initiative of Delta Sigma Theta. Financial Fortitude is a process that will help program participants to set and define goals, develop a plan to achieve them, and to put the plan into action. The process serves as a blueprint to address all aspects of personal finances.