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SOUTHERN ECHO
601-982-6400
1350 Livingston Lane, Suite 2C
Jackson, Mississippi 39211
Leroy Johnson, Executive Director
601-982-6400
http://www.southernecho.org/
Size: $80,000/2 yrs.
2008
Public Education Grants
Created in 1989, Southern Echo (Echo) is a successful statewide intergenerational, leadership education, training and development organization that uses community organizing strategies and technical assistance to support grassroots community organizations in Mississippi and the Southeastern region. With Mississippi state ranking 48th in the nation for education funding, Echo organized The Catalyst Roundtable (an alliance comprised of 35 organizations), to secure full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP, a formula to provide equity and adequacy in funding for public schools) by the Mississippi legislature in 2007 and 2008. With pressure from Echo and the Catalyst Roundtable, the legislature appointed a commission on under-performing schools to study and report back to the legislature on the policy changes needed to build a quality public education accessible to all children and what it will take to finance these changes. With a Hazen grant of $80,000 over two years, Echo will continue to strengthen the capacity of Roundtable groups including an increase of parent participation and an increase of education funding at the state level, including full funding of MAEP.
SOUTHERN ECHO FOR CITIZENS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION
662-834-0080
109 Swinney Lane
Lexington, Mississippi 39095
Ellen Reddy Coordinator
662-834-0080
Size: $5,000
2003
President's Discretionary Grants
To support the work of Concerned Citizens for Quality Special Education (CCQSE), a coalition of parents, disability advocacy and activist groups, working to improve services for students with special needs in Mississippi.
Southern Mutual help Assoc. Inc.
New Iberia, LA
Size: $5,000 / 2006
2007
President's Discretionary Grants
Toward the SMHA Rural Recovery Task Force for hurricanes Rita and Katrina
