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Local author and bookstore host financial-literacy event for Bronx youth
Summary
Monroe University professor and author Sue Fearless partnered with The Bronx Book Center for a Story Land event promoting early financial education using her book and activities to teach savings, spending and entrepreneurship to local children.
Monroe University business and finance professor and author Sue Fearless and The Bronx Book Center hosted a packed Story Land event in Concourse Village to introduce children to basic money skills and entrepreneurship. The program paired read-alouds and group activities with personal-affirmation boards and interactive lessons aimed at teaching savings, wants-versus-needs and simple debit-and-credit concepts.
Host S1 opened the segment by asking when young people should begin to think about their finances and framed the event as part of Financial Literacy Month efforts. Sue Fearless was introduced as the author of Rich Kids, Mom's Lessons in Financial Growth and Entrepreneurship and described as advocating for starting saving and investing early. Participant S2 said the program focuses on enriching children from a very young age with tools to manage money, learn about savings and understand basic financial concepts. A student participant, identified as S3 in the transcript, said the book showcases entrepreneurship and helps build skills—particularly naming independence and financial literacy as important building blocks for teens' adult lives.
Organizers described activities including read-alouds, group exercises and personal-affirmation boards led by Fearless Women, Sue Fearless’s empowerment organization, in partnership with the venue. Participant S4 and others expressed enthusiasm, noting the hope that recipients will remember who gave them the book and pass it along to the next generation. Chris Cumella of BronxNet signed off from Concourse Village at the end of the segment.
The event was presented as an educational community program rather than a policy initiative or government action; no motions, votes or formal governmental decisions were recorded in the transcript. Further logistical details such as event date, attendance numbers and any funding sources were not specified in the transcript.
