GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: The Boston Globe

The Waltham bookstore More Than Words provides troubled teens with more than an entry-level job.

Since its founding in 2004 with an initial stock of a pile of books found along a road, both the organization and program participants have experienced consistent success.

More Than Words is now poised for expansion to a second site.

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Featuring More Than Words, a grantee of the Linden Foundation, the Ludcke Foundation and the Clipper Ship Foundation.

RESEARCH IN ACTION

The Sociological Initiatives Foundation has awarded Community Voices Heard (CVH) of New York, New York, the Leo P. Chall Award.

The award recognizes outstanding work of organizations funded by the foundation. It honors organizations that link research with social action, thereby building capacity and changing public policy.

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GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Utne Reader

The Utne Reader named Michelle Ajamian and Brandon Jaeger of the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative one of “25 Visionaries Changing Your World”.   Ajamian and Jaeger are figuring out how to rebuild a farm-to-table regional system for staple foods such as amaranth, quinoa, buckweat, millet, black turtle beans, and heirloom corn.  Ajamian and Jaeger established the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative in 2008. This year they opened Shagbark Seed and Mill, a prototype processing facility.

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Featuring the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative, a grantee of the Sociological Initiatives Foundation