Closing the Wealth Gap: Promoting Change by
Working Together
October 21-22, 2010
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition Project (SRABC), along with
partners from the Gulf Coast, will host its third annual regional
asset-building conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The conference will take place at the New Orleans Marriott Metairie at
Lakeway in Metairie, Louisiana. The conference registration fee is $250. The
registration fee includes a materials packet; breakfast, breaks, and lunch
on Thursday; and breakfast and bus tour on Friday.
A limited number of registration scholarships ($250 value) is available. For
registration and more information, please go to The conference link is
http://csd.wustl.edu/AssetBuilding/SAP/Pages/SRABC2010.aspx.
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Southern Regional Asset Building Coalition (SRABC)MissionBuilding and supporting policy efforts to encourage asset building for individuals and communities in the Black Belt states through education, research, and advocacy based on a regional coalition approach. |
Vision
Empowered families and communities having sustainable assets that they use to exercise control over their lives.
Goals
- Strengthen regional and state asset building coalitions and networks for Hurricane and persistent poverty survivors in the Southern Black Belt.
- Design and implement effective communication system, tools, and systems for interaction, education extension and outreach.
- Build the capacity of HBCUs and CBOs in asset building work through mini grant programs and plan for Black Belt Research Policy Center.
- Strengthen education, legal services and other related work for asset building-based economic development programs within state and regional coalitions and networks.
- Develop a field-building strategy to connect organizations working on land loss and ownership issues in Southern Black Belt States that will create greater impact for the region and build capacity Policy Studies, Studies & Reports.