Posted by: "Alyssa Macy" nativeshare@yahoo.com nativeshare
Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:55 pm (PST)
http://www.spfund.org/programs.htmSouthern Partners FundThe Southern Partners Fund serves southeasterncommunities and organizations seeking social,economic, and environmental justice by providing themwith financial resources, technical assistance andtraining, and access to systems of information andpower. The Fund's grantmaking focuses on ruralcommunity organizing in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, andWest Virginia. Funded groups must be self-governed bymembers of the targeted rural population, and must beorganizing on issues of social, economic andenvironmental justice that enable community members tobecome decision-makers. The application deadline isAugust 1, 2006. Visit the website listed above formore information