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Campaign for Wise & Safe Investing®
- Best Practices from CWSI
- Take Charge Before a Bad Deal Takes You booklet
- Take Charge Before a Bad Deal Takes You booklet (Spanish)
- The Lure of Money DVD—This nineteen-minute DVD features messages from trusted organizations and powerful victim stories which will resonate strongly with your constituencies.
- Posters:
- AARP Foundation CWSI Websites
In 2006, the AARP Foundation and the IPT teamed up to create The Campaign for Wise and Safe Investing®, a national and state-level partnership between AARP state offices and their local State Securities Regulators in 35 states. The primary goal of the Campaign is to impact older investors and potential investors with research based investor education and protection. To date, 28 AARP state offices and their respective State Securities Regulators have implemented a variety of programs to increase awareness of fraudulent practices and educate maturing investors. Since CWSI’s inception, the partnership has conservatively trained nearly 310 volunteer speakers, sponsored almost 660 events that were attended by more than 32,000 people. In addition, Radio PSA’s that aired in Tennessee and West Virginia have reached more than 33,000,000 listeners, and the InvesterTN™ website, sponsored by the Campaign for Wise and Safe Investing® has had more than 50,000 web hits.
At the national level, the Campaign has undertaken consumer research and focus groups. Based on that research, the Campaign developed materials in a variety of formats that are customizable for use by the states. Other national activities include media outreach and promotion, sharing of research findings, and incorporating other IPT programs and relationships such as the MoneyTrack public television series and the How Can I Afford Retirement?® program.
The programs undertaken at the State level in 28 States include a variety of “high touch” events including “Scam Jams,” lunch and learn sessions, seminars, shredding events, and educational events. Many State have also worked to train senior “Fraud Fighters,” volunteers who work with their peers to help them avoid investment fraud. Millions more Americans of all ages have seen and heard the public service announcements on radio and television.