Consumer Action
Consumer Action is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, founded in 1971 to carry out "multilingual consumer education and advocacy in the fields of credit, banking, privacy, insurance, utilities and HMOs." [1]
Corporate Partners
Consumer Action's website describes its "extensive experience in partnering with corporations and government agencies to provide them with a wide range of professional services, including writing, translating, publicity and distribution." The organization's "staff members who work in these [low-income, minority, immigrant, disabled and senior] communities will review your materials, evaluate your consumer outreach programs and help you design new and effective ways to reach current and new customers." [2]
Consumer Action's multilingual, "effective education and outreach projects targeting all consumers" seem to be based around publications distributed for free, through a "national network of more than 6,500 community-based organizations nationwide." The organization promises "a cost-effective and wide-reaching" promotional campaign promoting these "free educational materials in the mainstream and in-language media." [3]
Consumer Action lists the following as partners in developing educational materials: [4]
- American Express
- AT&T
- Bank of America Consumer Education Fund
- Capital One Financial Services
- Consumer Federation of America
- Cingular
- CNA
- Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
- The Federal Reserve Bank
- The Gas Company
- The Hastings Group
- Home Depot
- Humana
- Issue Dynamics
- Microsoft
- National Consumer Law Center
- Property ID
- Providian Financial
- Sage Communications
- The San Francisco Foundation
- SIPC
- The Sturdevant Law Firm
- TRACFONE Wireless
- UPS
- Van Loben Sels Foundation
- Verizon Foundation
Contact Information
Consumer Action
221 Main Street, Suite 480
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 777-9635
Website: http://www.consumer-action.org
SourceWatch Resources
External links
- Capital One press release, "Capital One and Consumer Action Sponsor Free Financial Literacy Training for Local Non-Profit Community Organizations," November 2, 2005.
- Capital One press release, "Incidence of Elder Fraud on the Rise in the United States - More than Five Million Seniors Fall Victim Every Year; New Guide from Capital One and Consumer Action Helps Seniors Spot Scams and Fight Back," October 31, 2005.
