Just Connections
2011-12 meetings and events
June 17-18, 2011: Just Connections Partnership Planning
Maryville College House in the Woods, Maryville, TN
Partnership workshop and collaborative planning
Workshop leader: Randy Stoeker
August 11-12, 2011: Annual Meeting at Berea College, KY
Presentation by Berea College Service-Learning and CELTS
RSVP to ashley.cochrane@berea.edu
March 1-2, 2012: Collaboration with George Clem Multicultural Association
Vision in Action at Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN
Collaborative strategic planning with George Clem Multicultural Association
May 11-12, 2012: Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center
Washburn, TN (northeast of Knoxville)
Mission planning and workshop on nonviolent decision making
Narrow Ridge website: http://www.narrowridge.org/
RSVP to robert.donnan@gmail.com
2012 August Meeting: Big Creek People in Action in War, WV
http://www.bigcreekpeopleinaction.org/
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Vision in Action at Clearfork
Just Connections’ June meeting and Vision in Action was held June 11-12, 2010 at Clearfork Community Institute, located in Eagan, TN, near the TN/KY state line. We learned from Clearfork’s model for engaging local residents, college students and faculty in land use issues and grassroots community development in a coal mining region of East TN. The Vision in Action meetings at Clearfork were hosted by Marie Cirillo and members of the Clearfork Community and Woodland Community Land Trust. Marie has served as a community organizer in Appalachia since 1967, and she is one of the founding members of Just Connections.
Marie Cirillo: Appalachian advocate celebrates 75 years.
Communty Land Trusts: Saving the Land to Which We Belong
