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The Art of Community: Rural S.C.

21st Annual Rural Health Conference The Power of Rural

Co Context: Rural Si Six x Counti ties, s, Si Six x Mavens, s, Si Six x Teams A A ne new w fram amework A A state e ar arts ts commissi ssion

INsIGHTs

Background

Funding by USDA-Rural Development

Vernita Dore

Advisory Co-Chairs

• Dr. Ann Carmichael

Bob Reeder

Official Partnership A three-tiered design

Advisors Mavens Team Members

Leadership by South Carolina Arts Commission

Ken May

Our stories

Considering these questions: What is our story of place? What is unique and distinctive? Who tells our story? What makes you proud of your community? What’s compelling and urgent? Who leads change?

6 M a v e n s

Gary Evelyn Lottie Audrey Yvette

Johnny

May 2016

Practicing what we preach…

The power of learning through local Projects

County Issue_____________Maven_______ Hampton Health Audrey Hopkins-Williams Allendale Business Retention Lottie Lewis Bamberg Blight Yvette McDaniel Barnwell Youth/Education Evelyn Coker Colleton Health/Food Gary Brightwell Jasper Literacy Johnny Davis

Hampton County: Estill Nature Trail Health and wellbeing

Allendale:

Business retention

Colleton County: Food, Health,Education

Barnwell County: Blackville—

Youth, education

Jasp sper er County y Project ect The Art of Literacy

Ba Bamb mber erg g Co County: ty: Denmark “blight”

The power

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community

Forward focus 2017-2019

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The power of

NEXT GEN:

Bobby Michael Ment Ashley

With Paula Larke

Thank you!

Susan DuPlessis Program Director South Carolina Arts Commission sduplessis@arts.sc.gov