Center for Social Development

Tuskegee University, the Center for Social Development at Washington University in Saint Louis, and their partners in the Southern Regional Asset-Building Coalition hosted a conference to report on the state of the coalition, highlight policy advocacy work by partners and others in the region, and showcase potential asset-building research and outreach work at historically Black colleges and universities in the South. Conference participants discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to coalition development and strengthening, the basics of advocacy at state and local levels, policy actions for pre- and post-Gulf Coast hurricane survivors, and resources for asset-building policy work in the current economic crisis.

About the Coalition
The Southern Regional Asset-Building Coalition is committed to building, strengthening, and supporting policy agendas that promote economic security for low-income families and communities in the Gulf Coast states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Coalition membership is comprised of community and faith-based organizations, financial institutions, institutions of higher education, the private sector, government agencies, policy advocates, legislators, and other key stakeholders. The Coalition is part of an initiative funded by the Ford Foundation.

Partners
Tuskegee University
Center for Social Development
Alabama Arise
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Florida Family Network
Florida A & M University
Mississippi Association of Cooperatives

For more information about the conference and the Coalition, contact Gena Gunn at ggunn@wustl.edu or 314.935.9651.