Project Overview

Background

Public Sociology – Article

Research Reports

Trip to Washington

Jobless: Policy
Issues and
Opportunities

Press Coverage

Gender and Job Loss

2005 National Conference on Sustaining Rural America

2004 National Conference on Job Loss and Recovery

Links

 
  • Conference Overview
  • Postcard (.doc)
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  • Conference Overview
  • Invitation to Attend
  • Speaker Bios
  • Daily Schedule (.xls)
  • Handout for
    Distribution (.doc)
  • Registration (.doc)
  • List of Collaborating Partners (.doc)
  • Quotes from Partners and Supporters (.doc)
  • Media Coverage (.doc)
  • Travel, Lodging and Directions
  • Press Coverage

    The "Jobs for the Future Project" is generating a lot of buzz in the media. Below are links to some of the articles that have been written so far:

    The American Sociological Association, March 30, 2004

    Charlotte Observer, "Jewels of North Carolina", March 24, 2004

    CNN, March 19, 2004

    WRAL - Raleigh, April 1, 2004

    The Robesonian, April 7,2004

    Congressional Rural Caucus, March 22, 2004

    Seattle Post Intelligencer, "Rural jobless pleading for relief", March 21, 2004

    Gwinett Daily Post, "Rural jobless plead for help on homefront", March 21,2004

    KATU, "Jobless workers plead for 'rebuilding' on the homefront", March 20, 2004

    Citizen Online, "Rural workers find lost jobs hard to replace ", March 19, 2004

    WCNC, "Hit by manufacturing slump, rural jobless plead for 'rebuilding'", March 20, 2004

    Wilmington Star, "Hit by manufacturing slump, rural jobless plead for 'rebuilding'", March 20, 2004

    Community News, Spring 2004


    For More Information, contact:

    Rev. Mac Legerton, Executive Director
    Patricia Locklear, Program Director, Sustainable Communities Program

    Center For Community Action
    P.O. Box 723
    Lumberton, N.C. 28359
    910-739-7851
    cca@carolina.net

    Jobs For the Future is a Project of the Center For Community Action
    In Collaboration with Representatives From the Public and Private Secto
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