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New Appointments at Southeast Memphis CDC

The Southeast Memphis CDC, which serves the greater Hickory Hill community, has named Olliette Murry-Drobot as chief executive officer and Alan Gumbel to the position of chief administrative officer. Olliette comes to her position with a diverse community development background, and Alan has a number of years of experience consulting nationally for HUD-funded and other economic development projects. Their combined experience will also the CDC to move forward with its collaborative community safety and youth initiatives, where SMCDC is the lead community organization in partnership with the Memphis Police Department’s Safeways Initiative and the City of Memphis JustCare 180 early intervention program  for at-risk youth. Safeways also partners with Ledic Asset Management to incubate comprehensive site-based resident services in lower income apartment complexes, where the CDC is developing a technical assistance strategy to replicate the site-based outreach in other apartment complexes across the city. The CDC is also organizing a business association to link retail and commercial enterprise with community safety initiatives. Other CDC programs include working with families faced with foreclosure and a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to recycle foreclosed properties for homeownership in Hickory Hill and other Southeast Memphis neighborhoods.  

Position Available at South Memphis Alliance

South Memphis Alliance is seeking a Director of Program Development. The successful candidate must be either a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor or a Licensed Social Worker. For more information, see the position description below.

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Quick Reads

Interesting article from the Wall Street Journal,What's Wrong With Charitable Giving - and How to Fix It, lays out several giving strategies that, if implemented by donors, could benefit CDCs and other grassroots organizations. Those include increasing general operating support, and increasing multi-year funding commitments. 

Download What's Wrong With Charitable Giving

New White House Resource

The White House has just launched the new Internet home of the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.  You can find it at www.whitehouse.gov/partnerships.

This website will help faith-based and neighborhood organizations learn more about how they can partner with government to better serve individuals, families and communities in need.

Of particular note is the new Partnerships Blog which will be updated regularly with the latest information about the Office.  In the coming days, the Partnerships Blog will feature profiles of the agency Centers, information about the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, spotlights on local organizations and much more.