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SRDC Strategic Plan

SRDC Strategic Plan. Fostering Civic-Minded Communities Building Economically Vibrant Communities Enhancing Distressed Communities. A Common Concern: Poverty in the South. Our Model: A Promising Solution. Horizons:

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SRDC Strategic Plan

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  1. SRDC Strategic Plan • Fostering Civic-Minded Communities • Building Economically Vibrant Communities • Enhancing Distressed Communities

  2. A Common Concern: Poverty in the South

  3. Our Model: A Promising Solution Horizons: A community leadership program aimed at reducing poverty in small rural communities faced with economic decline.

  4. Project Partners • Southern Rural Development Center • Everyday Democracy • Farm Foundation • Kettering Foundation • State Teams

  5. State Teams Year One Year Two

  6. Selecting Locations • Interested Extension educators • Rural areas having an interest • Individual poverty 20% or higher in the county

  7. Alabama’s High Poverty Counties: Rural and Micropolitan 20% or More Poverty Selected Sites

  8. Georgia’s High Poverty Counties: Rural and Micropolitan 20% or More Poverty

  9. Louisiana’s High Poverty Counties: Rural and Micropolitan 20% or More Poverty

  10. Mississippi’s High Poverty Counties: Rural and Micropolitan 20% or More Poverty Selected Sites

  11. Oklahoma’s High Poverty Counties: Rural and Micropolitan 20% or More Poverty

  12. Purpose of the Project • Explore the causes of poverty. • Talk about possible solutions. • Select strategies that fit the community. • Work together for change. End product: Citizens develop & implement a Community-Based Action Plan.

  13. Community Coach • Oversees and supports the community effort, from start to finish • Assembles and organizes the Core Planning Team • Serves as an ambassador for the program • Trains volunteerStudy Circle facilitators • Assembles and organizes the Action Oversight Committee • Assists Action Oversight Committee in supporting the Action Teams

  14. Core Planning Team • Participates in trainings • Practices talking through the Circles guide • Plans Community Circles • Recruits community participants & facilitators. • Organizes a kick-off event to launch Community Circles. • Coordinates the Action Forum. • Facilitates Community Action Plans.

  15. How Community Circles Work Made up of 8-12 people from different backgrounds Meet together once a week for 5 weeks; each meeting is two hours in duration Talk through a set of questions to guide discussions Led by a neutral facilitator

  16. ActionForum Kick Off The Key Phases of the Circles Process Community Circles Organize Action Plan for Action Facilitator Training Community Change Work On Actions Recruit Participants and Facilitators

  17. Moving from Talk to Action • Action Oversight Committee • Chairs of Action Teams • Core Planning Team reps. • Community Coach • Others • Coordinate Activities • Help find resources • Solve problems • Communicate success Action Team Action Team Action Team

  18. Sample Action Teams

  19. Learning about the Process Local Citizens: • Pre/Post Survey Local Community: • Key Informant Interviews • Focus Groups

  20. What We Are Hearing: • Overall:People are ready to make a difference. • Barriers - Some people: • Feel their voices are not heard or valued. • Do not know how to get involved. • Are just waiting to be asked. • Perceive leadership to be closed. • Apathy – not sure how issues relate to them personally.

  21. How This Project Helps • Fosters broad community involvement – Everyone is welcome! • Provides a clearprocessto help people get involved in meaningful ways. • Increases personalownershipto the community and to the issue. • Creates a communitypartnershipin which leadership and citizens join hands in addressing community issues.

  22. Success Timeline Community Process Research April -ongoing Begin Community Plans Post Survey Follow-up Interviews April Conduct Action Forum March - April Conduct Study Circles Launch Community Program – Kick-Off March Participant Pre-Survey Dec. – Feb. Training & Planning for Study Circles Community interviews & focus groups

  23. 662-325-3207 srdc.msstate.edu/tide Dr. Bo Beaulieu SRDC Director ljb@srdc.msstate.edu Rachel Welborn Program Manager rachelw@srdc.msstate.edu

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