Building Communities for a New Nation

A Whole Communities workshop with Peter Forbes Executive Director, The Center for Whole Communities

Friday, April 23, 2010, in Salisbury, NC
The Center for the Environment at Catawba College
Co-sponsored by the LandTrust for Central North Carolina

Saturday, April 24, 2010, in Raleigh, NC
McKimmon Center, NC State
Co-sponsored by Triangle Land Conservancy

The fragmentation that exists in America created by issues of class, race, politics and privilege is directly played out in our organizations and our movements for change. Those who care about people and those who care about land, for example, are divided by isolated approaches, priorities and alliances.

Working in isolation from one another has challenged our ability to creatively and holistically confront the complex issues facing our communities in North Carolina. These issues range from conservation to water scarcity, from urban development to food, hunger, housing, and transportation.

By bringing leaders from different backgrounds into relationship with each other, we will seek to identify and experience the value in partnering across boundaries of difference, discover who we have excluded from our respective tables, and redefine our work in a way that more wholly represents our collective interests.

For more information, please visit: www.ctnc.org/communities

Workshop Partners: Black Family Land Trust, The Center for the Environment at Catawba College, The Conservation Fund, Conservation Trust for North Carolina, LandTrust for Central North Carolina, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, North Carolina Community Development Initiative, Triangle Land Conservancy, and Z Smith Reynolds Foundation.

For more information contact Barry L. Williams, Conservation Trust for North Carolina
(barry@ctnc.org, 919-828-4199 x21)