Interested in eradicating poverty? Is PR your thing? Are you a talented planner? Do you like researching grants?
Thriving Connections, sponsored by South Central Community Action program, is an intentional way for people to build relationships across class and race lines to end poverty in their communities. The Guiding Coalition acts as an advisory board for the local initiative. It is a representative group that includes people from all ages, economic classes, faiths, political viewpoints, and races who are committed to building their community and ending poverty. The Guiding Coalition member has three primary goals: Use their role within the community and relevant stakeholder groups to gain the community's support of the Thriving Connections initiative; Provide their energy and resources to contribute to the Guiding Coalition collaborating with the lead organization to implement the Thriving Connections initiative; Increase their own awareness and urgency regarding poverty by actively building relationships across race and class lines, and modeling the way.
Funding, Recruitment, & Outreach Advisory Group- Works with the SCCAP Director of Communications and Development and be responsible for increasing our visibility and name recognition in the community through events, PR documents, and media outreach and will recruit Captains, Allies, Meal, and other volunteers. Leads the Thriving Connections community in identifying, discussing, and problem-solving barriers to getting out of poverty; Research and apply to grants to promote goals of the Thriving Connections Initiative; research, plan, and facilitate fundraisers for to promote goals of the Thriving Connections Initiative.
