Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/18
Outputs
Target Audience:The primary target audiences for the work accomplished in t??is effort was the faculty and professional staffs of the southern regions 30 land grant univ rsities. Other audiences of the program included the partners of the southern land grant university s ,stem, including faculty and professional staffs of the land grant university system in other regions of t??e country, state economic and social development agencies, local community stakeholders, goverhmental policy makers at all levels, policy analytical organizations, and non-profit and philanthrJpic organizations. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? February 23, Ripple Mapping Training, Jackson, M October 17-18, Extension Impact Collaborative, Indianapolis April 5, 11, 18, Virtual Teams:Webinar series April 11-12, Civil Dialogue in the Public Arena Workshop, PILD Conference Post Conference Session, Washington, DC October 28-30, Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center training workshop, Washington, DC November 8, RON convening, November 5-8, Des Moines,IA- Panelist December 3-4, Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, Tuskegee University, "Heirs' Properties: Exploring a Southern Region Approach" December 11-12, Heirs' Property Steering Commitee Meeting, Atlanta, GA, "Heirs' Properties: Exploring a Southern Region Approach" How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? February 27, Meeting with CREATE BRIDGES grantors (Walmart) March 13-15, Executive Committee on Operations and Policy, Nebraska City, NE March 23, Webinar to convene national broadband partners for discussion on collaborativeopportunities; May 8 - face to face meeting to follow-up, Washington, DC April 20, National webinar for Extension Administrators/Directors on the RRDC responses to the Rural Prosperity Task Force Priorities June 10-14,NACDEP,Cleveland,OH, FellowExtensionCommunity Development Professionals June 12, Building a Skilled Workforce for a Stronger Southern Economy Report Release and Discussion and networking event with the National Skills Coalition June 20-21, Rural Opportunity Investment Workshop, Mississippi State University, Potential rural investors/business owners July17-19,DeltaRegionalForum,Clarksdale,MS,communitydevelopment specialists, sociologist s, community leaders j August 13-14, Communities of Faith and Opportunity, Lorman and Clarksdale, MS,USDA staff, community leaders August 20-23, Program Leaders Network Meeting, Orlando, FL, Extension leaders in Southern Region August 28-30,OfficeofPublicPartnership&Engagment, Train-the-Trainer Workshop, Chevy Chase, MD, USDA staff September 11-13, Michigan State Extension Service Facilitative Leadership Training, Tustin, Ml,Extension staff September 15-18, National Direct Ag Marketing Summit, Arlington, VA, community leaders, farmers, small business owners, Extension and Federal staff September 18-19, SERA-47 (Southern Region Local Foods Systems)Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, Extension staff involved in local foods systems-South September 20, 2501 Symposium, Jackson, MS, 2501 fund recipients, community leaders, USDA staff October 1-2, Extension Committee on Operations and Policy, Portland, OR October 23-24, Annual Board and TOAC meeting, Board and Technical Operatiional Advisory Committee members December 10-11, University of Georgia Rural Stress Conference, Atlanta, GA, Extension staff, rural mental health practitioners Monthly calls as Regional Rural Development Center liaison to the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Fostering Civic-Minded Communities: Assemble a multi-state research team to identify common measures to explore across two similar programs: Horizons (NW) and Turning the Tide on Poverty (South). Six case study reports were completed July 2015. This work was furthered through an exploration of a commonly used evaluation too( called Ripple Mapping, which was used with both Tide and Horizons communities. Thrjads of this work are interlaced within Chazdon, S., Emery, M., Hansen, D., Higgins, L. & Sero, R. (Eds.) (2017), A Field Guide to Ripple Effects Mapping (pp. 65-71). Retrieved from file:///C:/Users rcw33 Downloads REM monograph withcover.pdf Turning the Tide on Poverty/Horizons research. In partnership with the Kettering Foundation, the SRDC multi-state research team visited with each of the former Turning the Tide on Poverty Sites to conduct interviews, focus groups and ripple mapping in order to learn of ways that civic engagement is ostered in rural places. The research culminated ina series of articles featured in aspecial issue of the Journal of the Community Development Society released July 2016. This work was furthered through an exploration of a commonly used evaluation tool called Ripple Mapping, which wasused with both Tide and Horizons communities. Threads of this work are interlaced within Chazdon, S., Emery, M., Hansen, D., Higgins, L., & Sero, R. (Eds.) (2017), A Field Guide to Ripple Effects Mapping (pp. 65-71). Retrieved from file:!/JC:,/Usersjrcw33/Downloads/REMmonograph withcover.pdf Facilitate the work of SERA-37 through website maintenance, listserv maintenance, and assistance in promoting webinars and other education/research endeavors. SRDC facilitated a leadership meeting in fall2014 and helped the team organize its annual face-to-face meeting in August 2015 and August 2016. SRDC continued to facilitate the work of this group until it concluded in August 2017. Investigation of core leadership competencies/skills: SRDC scanned the Southern region to determine leadership programs available. This helped inform work of the Program and Staff Development Committee's report found here: http://srpln.msstate.edu/pln/files/psdfiles/SR-PLN Extension LeadershipProgramInventory WORD 11-21-16 Final%20{1}.pdf Expand civic engagement to other topics: A major initiative related to civil dialogue on race relations was furthered by a meeting in Washington, DC in April 2018 with 60 participants from 20 states. This was a train-the-trainer event in which teams of 3 individuals from among the nation's LGU Cooperative Extension Services participated in a five-day intensive training workshop. The workshop prepared participants to return to their states and train a larger cadre of CES personnel to lead dialogues. Then this larger state CES team will begin working within the communities they serve to facilitate dialogues on race relations at the local level. Information on the workshop and related materials are posted at http://srdq.msstate.edu/civildialogue/index.html Offer training on Ripple Mapping: Two trainings were held using distance technology 2. Building Economically Vibrant Communities ContinueCoordinationoftheStrongerEconomiesTogetherinitiative to new regional sites and states. SET Phase VII was launched in 3 states and 7 regions. The SET program has been utilized in101 regions in 32 states since2010. Coordinate food systems work. Continued to supportthe SERA 47, which was formally formed in October 2016. SRDC facilitated the 2016, 2017, and 2018 annual meetings of this team. 3. Strengthening Capacity of Communities Continue support for 1890 teams implementing ReadyCommunity. SRDC trained five teams from 1890 universities on the ReadyCommunity curriculum. This project is complete. Continue collaboration with CAPE II. SRDC provided the evaluation of the CAPE professional development trianing offered during 2016-17. Investigate youth programs related to community and economic development: SRDC explored the YELP program from University of Kentucky and trained their youth on Ripple Mapping. Additionally, the work on civil dialogue on race relations is incorporating youth. Also a youth/adult partnership project is underway to promote digital literacy in communities that have recently gotten access to broadband services.
Publications
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Books
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Beaulieu, Lionel J., and Alice iebel, eds. Turning the Tide on Poverty. Routledge Publishers. 2018. htt s: www.routled e.com Tu nin -the-Tide-on-Pove Beaulieu- Diebel/p/book/9781138081192
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Book Chapters
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Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Beaulieu, Lionel J., a d Alice Diebel. " Pref ace: Bringing hope" Turning the Tide on Poverty. Routledge Publishers. 2018.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Patricia Hyjer Dyk, et ai. "History, theoretical frameworks, and methods" Turning the Tide on Poverty. Routledge Publishers. 2018.
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Book Chapters
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Published
Year Published:
2018
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Crystal Tyler-Mackey, et al. "Community climate in economically distressed rural communities" Turning the Tid onPoverty. Routledge Publishers. 2018.
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Book Chapters
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Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Sheri Lokken Worthy et al. "Perceptions of leaders and leadership in economically distressed communities" Turnin the Tide on Povert y. Routledge Publishers. 2018
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Sheri Lokken WorthyJ et al. "Community champions as critical elements of success in economically distressed communitie " Turning the Tide on Povert y. Routledge Publishers. 2018.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Pamela A. Monroe, e al. "Sustainability of community engagement in economically distressed communities" Turning the Tide on Poverty. Routledge Publishers. 2018.
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Book Chapters
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Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Rachel Welborn, et al "The role of the Cooperative Extensio n Service in the initiative" Turning the Tide on Poverty. Routlepge Publishers. 2018.
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Book Chapters
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Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Rachel Welborn, et al. "Documenting impacts through Ripple Effect Mapping" Turning the Tide on Poverty. Routledge Pu9lishers. 2018.
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Worthy, Sheri L., and ionel J. Beaulieu. "Strategies and challenges related to tackling poverty in rural communities in the South" Turning the Tide on Poverty. Routledge Publishers. 2018.
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Other
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.13, No.9. Southern Rural Development Center. September 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katheri ne. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.13, No.11. Southern Rural Development Center. November 2017.
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2017
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.13, No.12. Southern Rural Development Center. December 2017.
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2018
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Spiering, Kat herine. Around tine South Newsletter. Vol.14, No.1. Southern Rural Development Center. January 2018.
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2018
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Spiering, Kat herine. Around trne South Newsletter. Vol.14, No.2. Southern Rural Development Center. February 2018.
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Spiering, Kat herine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.14, No.3. Southern Rural Development Center. March 2018.
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Spiering, Kat herine. Around the South Newslet ter. Vol.14, No.4. Southern Rural Development Center. April 2018.
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.14, No.5. Southern Rural Development Center. May 2018.
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Spiering, Katherine. Around tine South Newsletter. Vol.14, No.6. Southern Rural Development Center. June 2018.
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Spiering, Katherine. Around the South Newsletter. Vol.14, No.7. Southern Rur al Development Cent er. July 2018.
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2018
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Spiering, Kat herine. Around t1e South Newsletter. Vol.14 , No.8. Southern Rural Development Cent er. August 2018.
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Books
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2018
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Albrecht, D., Loveridge, S., Go tz, S., Welborn, R., eds. (2018) Rural Housing and Economic Development. New York: Rout led ge.
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Welborn, R. (2017). Civil Dialogue on Race Relations: Resources for Cooperative Extension Service. https:/ / publish.extension.org/civi!dialogue/
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Book Chapters
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
Welborn, R. (2017). Turning the Tide on Povert y: Exploring REM in the Context of Civic Engagement In Chazdon, S., Em ery , M., Hansen, D., Higgins, L., & Sero, R. (Eds.), A Field Guide to Rip p le Effects Mapping (pp. 65-71). Retrieved from
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