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The PBS interactive Web site Your Life, Your Money, hosted by Donald Faison and featuring financial expert Beth Kobliner and hip-hop promoter and businessman Russell Simmons, offers young people engaging financial literacy information, real-life stories, polls, and other tools. This project also sponsors live events at college campuses to help increase college students’ financial literacy. The video segment “Digging Out of Debt” tells the story of college student Amanda McCormick, who has used credit cards to pay for necessities like food and books. The video encourages college students to learn from Amanda’s mistakes to avoid debt and begin to build a strong credit history while still in college. To watch this video, go to www.pbs.org/your-life-your-money. In the box labelled Real People, Real Issues, click on the third person from the left.

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