FEF Action
Learn about Unbiased Financial Education
Below are two links. One is to an Email template letter advocating for financial education for schools and their districts, and the second link will send you to the University of Chicago's Financial Education Initiative, the source of the Email template. I invite you to download their Financial Education Advocate Toolkit to learn more about what they do.
For childless people like myself, it is just as important that you take up this cause as well. This effects you way more than you may realize!
petition & Protest
Require Financial Literacy in Illinois Public Schools
The Issue: Who doesn't have money problems? At some point or another, most of us have faced financial struggles. Whether it's making ends meet, understanding taxes, or navigating the complexities of student loans and credit scores, financial literacy is a fundamental life skill that many lack. Yet, we expect young adults to make significant financial decisions without the proper knowledge or education. This gap in education sets them up for potential failures and hardships that could easily be mitigated with the right tools. Illinois public schools must step up and address this crucial gap in our educational system by implementing comprehensive financial and economics courses from kindergarten through to 12th grade. Our children deserve to enter the world with the ability to manage their finances effectively and confidently. Currently, financial education is fragmented, with few schools offering in-depth studies, leaving students to learn through potentially costly mistakes and even lifelong financial traps. By introducing structured financial literacy courses across all grade levels, we ensure that essential topics such as budgeting, savings, investment, debt management, and economics are covered. These courses should evolve as students mature, becoming more complex and relevant, preparing them for real-world financial challenges. Statistics show that students from states with mandatory financial literacy courses tend to have better credit scores and lower credit delinquency rates. Implementing a statewide mandate for these courses in Illinois is not only beneficial but necessary. The National Endowment for Financial Education reports that nearly 88% of adults say they did not receive adequate financial education growing up. We have the opportunity to change this trajectory and equip future generations with the skills they need to thrive financially. Legislators, educators, and stakeholders must collaborate to create a standardized financial literacy curriculum tailored for different age groups, ensuring inclusivity and effectiveness. Join us in urging the Illinois Department of Education to prioritize financial literacy and inclusion within our schools. Together, we can prepare our children for a financially sound future. Sign this petition to make financial literacy education a reality for all Illinois public school students.
Help Support the FEF
We need YOU much more than your money!
You, truly are invaluable to any cause you stand behind. i feel safe in that assertion, because here you are reading this. That shows me that one way or another, you care, and that's encouraging. Maybe this little one sided conversation we're having might be the tiny spark of inspiration we needed to make the changes we desire.
The FEF desires Communal Financial Literacy for everyone. The key word here being: Communal.
The FEF believes that Mass Communal Financial Literacy will bring us closer to a lasting peace and prosperity that would rival the historic wars and trade deals through out history.
We need people putting up fliers, protesting with FEF signage, setting up petitions, hosting events, heck, even small talk with a stranger can tip the scales. One way you could support the FEF is critical conversation. We are open for debate. Tell us why you like us / why we suck. We can take it.
Lets be real; the FEF will never not need funds....unless? Maybe, in time, we combine the sheer force of the people we've reached with the results of our financial and economic awakening. Then, maybe we won't "need" funding as much because of something we hadn't thought of, will now be thought of. All of it a result of FEF's efforts to expand the ranks of the financial and economic brain trust.
In the end while we work for change we still need to put food in our belly's. So we have a line of designs for buttons, stickers, patches, and T-shirts. We are also designing a post apocalypse tabletop RPG with the working title of Blood Money Magic. You can learn more about that in our Zine "Why We Fight' coming fall 2026.
Please let us know if the subjects above intrigue you or if there is any questions you may have regarding them. Please, send us a message and we will contact you accordingly. Thank you for your valuable time and CHEERS!
Christopher A. Hays
FEF Youtube Channel
The FEF has a YouTube channel. Check out our new Project: Wasteland Economics.
Ask yourself: When you went to school, did you take any classes on the subject of money or finance?
Hello, my name is Christopher Hays, creator of the Financial Education Front. In my youth, my scholastic education, the closest I came to anything resembling financial education was when I took Home EC in high school. On top of baking a cake and learning to sew, I remember spending a day or two learning how to pay bills and balance a checkbook. That was it. That was the fullest extent of my financial education. Why are we raising our children in a system where their lives are dependent upon the accumulation of wealth but we teach them nothing about money? How long are we going to keep gaslighting ourselves into thinking that we can't fight back? Here in the state of Illinois our Treasury Department has an entire financial curriculum, for grades k-12, just sitting on the treasury website doing nothing. Pages and pages of educational material, hours of video media, interactive workshops, and links galore. All of it just sitting there, unable to move forward for "reasons". Truly unfortunate, literally. The time has come for a mandate on the creation of the Federal Institute for Financial Education (FIFE). The Institute's primary objective is the nationwide dissemination of a robust, unbiased financial and economic education system for EVERYONE. All students k-12 as well as continuing education for adults and senior citizens. As well the Institute will also work with the DOJ & BOP on implementing a set of mandatory financial education courses for the nations incarcerated citizens. With your help we can bring knowledge and balance to a lopsided playing field. "Teach every child, everyday, everything about money." Thank you for your time. Cheers!
“But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.
Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
Charles Dickens