SAGE: Sustaining Ancestral Guidance and Empowerment provides adult learners with culturally grounded tools and strategies to enhance financial wellness and achieve greater stability for themselves, their families, and their communities.
SAGE equips learners with essential financial knowledge, a culturally grounded mindset, and SMART goal-setting skills to help overcome financial obstacles and achieve lasting prosperity across generations.
These strategies include:
Mindset Shifting
Apply an understanding of historical and systemic barriers to reframe your relationship with money and build the foundation for lasting financial empowerment.
Goals & Tools
Apply budgeting and money management tools to achieve SMART financial goals rooted in personal values and community priorities.
Income & Taxes
Apply the understanding of income, paystubs, per capita payments, and tax forms to increase readiness with financial and legal obligations.
Credit & Debt
Apply the understanding of credit, debt, and repayment, including Native-serving lending alternatives, to assess your financial situation and enhance well-being.
Protecting Yourself
Apply the understanding of fraud and financial exploitation targeting Native communities to explore tools and options that protect against financial loss.
Savings & Retirement
Apply SMART goals for a savings plan and explore matched savings programs and retirement strategies to build wealth and prepare to give back as an Elder.
