A spotlight on what Rural and Native American grantees have accomplished with Section 4 Grants that were used for capacity building, technical assistance, design, finance, community development and affordable housing projects.
Connecting the dots from slavery to Jim Crow, to voter disenfranchisement and the reasons present-day persistent poverty counties and areas of deep disadvantage in rural America overlap so heavily with communities of color.
Beginning in the year 2000 the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative (SRBWI), which is led by Black women and young women, came together across the Black Belt of Alabama, Georgia and the Mississippi Delta, with a mission to eradicate historical barriers resulting from systemic racism.
The Enterprise Colorado team reflects on a year like no other – and the generosity that, for so many, made sure that home continued to be a platform for resilience and upward mobility.