Friedman Foundation, US

Mississippi Action Community Education, Inc is a non-profit, minority rural development organization created by community leaders in 1967 to stimulate physical, social, and economic development in the rural Mississippi Delta. Very early in its history, MACE learned that beyond the problems of race and poverty, there exists in southern, rural communities the broader, structural problem of underdevelopment ; that for genuine community development to occur, the prerequisite human and organizational capacities must first be developed, the basic community social and political structures must first be created. Our goal is to support our graduates as they continue their education, advance in the workplace, and make plans for their future. We assist in the following areas development: