Wealth Creation in Rural Communities – Building Sustainable Livelihoods: Cross Regional Convening

Tags: Wealth Creation

Client Name: Ford Foundation

Location: New York

Resource Type: Agenda

Author Org: Yellow Wood Associates

Author: Yellow Wood Associates Staff

Year: 2012

Place-based grantees from three regions (Central Appalachia, the Alabama Black Belt and Mid-South Delta, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas), resource team members, researchers, and Ford Foundation staff met at the Ford Foundation office in New York City for a two-day convening. The convening was an opportunity to learn from one another, acknowledge each other’s many contributions to this work, and begin to plan for the future of this shared work beyond 2013.The agenda contains links to presentations made during the convening.

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