Links to Organizations and Partnerships
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Empowering people to defend the region's rich natural and cultural heritage by providing them with tools and strategies for successful grassroots campaigns. |
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We love clean water, fresh air, and wild forests. And we're willing to work hard to protect the natural resources we cherish. Come join us as we enjoy, explore and protect the environment of West Virginia. |
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Appalshop is a multi-disciplinary arts and education center in the heart of Appalachia producing original films, video, theater, music and spoken-word recordings, radio, photography, multimedia, and books. |
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The Appalachian Regional Commission is a federal-state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life. |
 | The 1988 Episcopal General Convention committed the Church to a ministry of economic justice, encouraging investment in community-based economic programs. In response, diocesan committees and local congregations have supported and often initiated many kinds of community development projects, including loan funds, credit unions, worker-owned businesses and housing cooperatives. The Episcopal Network for Economic Justice was formed in 1996 to carry on the work begun by the EJIC (Economic Justice Implementation Committee), established to carry out the vision of the 1988 General Convention. ENEJ serves to strengthen and support those engaged in economic justice ministries and advocate for initiatives within the Episcopal Church. |
 | The American Human Development Project is a nonpartisan, non-profit initiative established to introduce to the United States a well-honed international approach and tool for measuring human well-being: the human development approach and the human development index. The project’s mission is to stimulate fact-based public debate about and political attention to human development issues in the United States and to empower people with an instrument to hold elected officials accountable for progress on issues we all care about: health, education and income. |
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Knoxville Area Jobs with Justice is a coalition of faith-based and community-based organizations, labor unions, and individuals committed to social and economic justice for working people and their families in East Tennessee. It began as a committee of the Knoxville/Oak Ridge Labor Council and recently gained its independent charter from the National Jobs with Justice. |
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We are a network of Episcopalians serving with Appalachian people throughout Southern Ohio and the wider Appalachian region. |
 | Episcopal Community Service in America (ECSA) is an independent, 501c3 non-profit organization. Voluntary membership in ECSA is open to any health or social service provider or foundation that is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. |
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Reading
Camp is a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington. We work with
schools to select 3rd & 4th graders who need a little extra help in
reading achievement. Volunteers recruit these select students to summer
camps all over our diocese--and beyond! This ministry is not just about
the kids, however, but also the teenage and adult volunteers who have a
transformational mission experience in the most unlikely of
situations--reading with a child who just needs a little extra boost.
We engage God's people in mission by challenging them to serve the
least of these in their own neighborhood. Benjamin 'Bungee' Bynum, Reading Camp, Executive Director, Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, P.O. Box 610, Lexington, KY 40508-0610. Office: (859) 252-6527 x.110, Cell: (502) 868-0612. Website: http://www.diolex.org/readingcamp.htm. Blog: http://readingcamprocks.blogspot.com. |
 | The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) provides unbiased analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America. RUPRI’s aim is to spur public dialogue and help policymakers understand the rural impacts of public policies and programs. |