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Thriving Communities: Working Together to Move From Poverty to Prosperity for All

People in communities across America want to live in a place where they have the chance to thrive. This is true in all kinds of places: small towns, rural areas, urban neighborhoods, American Indian reservations, and others. We need to share our vision of what kind of community we want. We need to take action to change things so that we all can thrive.

Dialogue-to-change programs help people build the trusting relationships necessary for long-term change. People from diverse backgrounds and experiences develop trust, understand each other's experiences, and work together on solutions.

Communities using dialogue-to-change progams to address poverty

Organizations and resources to help you learn more about poverty and to take action

Success Stories

Northern Idaho towns build on strengths, reduce poverty

Tucked away among northern Idaho's wealthy, recreational hot spots sit rural towns struggling against poverty and for the preservation of their traditional values and small-town way of life. Enter the Horizons program. Read more

‘Talk That Leads Somewhere’: Study Circles in Jackson, Minn.

People in Jackson, a small southwestern Minnesota town, decided to do something about poverty. Residents worked together in study circles to find ways to fight poverty and help everyone thrive in their community. Read more

Resources

Spanish-Language Discussion Guide: COMUNIDADES PRÓSPERAS (Colaborando para ir de la pobreza a la prosperidad)

Newsletter: Focus on Study Circles (Spring 2006) (Volume 17, Number 1 )

Newsletter: Focus on Study Circles (Spring 2007) (Volume 18, Number 1 (2007))

Spanish-Language Newsletter: Enfoque en los Círculos de Estudio (Primavera 2007, Volumen 18, Número 1)

Newsletter: Focus on Everyday Democracy (Spring 2008) (Volume 19, Issue 1)

News Articles
August 7, 2008 | Ritzville Adams County Journal | Ritzville, Washington Horizons effort results in educational scholarships Ritzville Horizons Project garners $10,000
June 28, 2008 | Janesville Gazette | Janesville, Wisconsin Group hopes to eliminate child poverty by 2020
by Stacy Vogel
June 26, 2008 | Latah Eagle | Troy, Idaho Horizons program works to improve Troy
June 25, 2008 | St. James Plain Dealer | St. James, Minnesota Everday Democracy conference brings discussions to St. James
June 17, 2008 | Tyndall Tribune & Register | Tyndall, South Dakota Tyndall, S.D., celebrates effort to revitalize community Tyndall Horizons celebrates
June 4, 2008 | Perham Enterprise Bulletin | New York Mills, Minnesota Community celebrates progress made on addressing poverty Horizons to host community celebration June 11
by Kevin Cederstrom
April 30, 2008 | Appleton Post-Crescent | Appleton, Wisconsin Fox Cities Project Promise earns state recognition
by Kathy Walsh Nufer
March 12, 2008 | St. James Plain Dealer | St. James, Minnesota Group planning bus shelter
by Mark Anderson
March 11, 2008 | Rapid City Journal | South Dakota Horizons gives towns tools to craft new future
by Andrea J. Cook
March 3, 2008 | York Daily Record | York, Pennsylvania Poverty and racism "joined at the hip" Ways to fight area poverty; A York native who became a leader in Vermont, discusses his hometown
by Jeff Frantz
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