Delta Region
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April 5, 2024One local leader from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is revitalizing neighborhoods and setting low-income neighbors on the path to home ownership.
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April 5, 2024Matt Mosler founded Home Again Pine Bluff several years ago to begin revitalizing the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, block by block. The nonprofit organization renovates homes and rents them at below-market value. It’s also setting residents on the path to home ownership. After three to five years, tenants can purchase the property for half the appraised value.
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March 28, 2024How Pam Chatman's innovative bus service is helping her neighbors in the Delta reach economic security
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March 19, 2024Through financial literacy and friendship, Delta Circles is improving the lives of Black women in the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta
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March 17, 2024Through Delta Circles, Patricia Ashanti is helping Black women in the region build financial stability and independence. But the Helena, Arkansas-based nonprofit is also doing much more. It’s become a place of fellowship and friendship, where Black women build connection and confidence in the future.
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March 12, 2024From education to housing to financial literacy, Delta residents are invested in the future
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March 12, 2024The Arkansas-Mississippi Delta is a region ripe with talent. But like so many rural parts of America, its potential is often overlooked. The Walton Family Foundation is committed to supporting the exceptional people building lasting impact here. We’re proud to share the stories of the incredible people changing their communities for the better.
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October 6, 2023In the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta, filmmaker Nolan Dean tells stories that empower communities and people whose voices are often unheard
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July 12, 2023Working Credit is helping residents in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, forge a new path to financial security, and even home ownership
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June 30, 2023Supporting great ideas in the Delta begins with looking for emerging leaders
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February 22, 2023At a historic HBCU in the heart of the rural South, a new leadership academy provides wraparound support
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September 19, 2022Along the left bank of the Mississippi River, something exciting is brewing. The river itself is a marvel, a super-charged vehicle for commerce, transportation and agriculture. And the land surrounding it? Some of the richest soil in the world.
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May 9, 2022The foundation launches a forward-looking, five-year strategy in the region, anchored by community input
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February 25, 2022A pilot program in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, brings a teacher training organization to Jefferson County
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February 23, 2022In a region where high-quality teachers are in high demand, Teach Plus helps educators advocate for changes so they – and their students – can thrive
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February 23, 2022In Jefferson County, Arkansas, Go Forward Pine Bluff is charting a path to greater opportunity.