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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | April 2024 |
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Dear friends,
Spring is blooming here in eastern North Carolina! We hope that you're enjoying this season of renewal.
At ROI, we're already preparing for summer and the second year of the Tarboro Young Civic Leaders program, which connects local youth with paid summer internships in Tarboro's town government. Thanks to all of our community partners who nominated young people to participate in this year's program. Working as a community, we're ensuring that youth who've previously experienced trauma have access to employment opportunities.
Finally, we hope you'll join us at our community meeting on April 9, either in-person or virtually. More information and a link to RSVP are below.
Onward! Vichi and Seth
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ROI Leadership Team Presents at NC and National Conferences | ROI co-founder Vichi Jagannathan presented at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Network of Grantmakers, discussing the ways that our work blends community listening with systems thinking to achieve sustainable, trauma-informed change in rural communities.
Graham Palmer, ROI's Director of Systems Innovation and Policy, spoke with SVT Group founder Sara Olsen at Neighborhood Economics in San Antonio, Texas. Graham and Sara spoke with leaders from across the country about the importance of bringing sustainable innovation to rural communities.
Thank you to the NC Network of Grantmakers and Neighborhood Economics for inviting us to share our work!
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Advocates Gather at Eastern NC Youth Mental Health Conference
| ROI attended “Light the Flame: Igniting Hope for North Carolina’s Youth," a youth suicide prevention conference sponsored by ECU Health and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Advocates discussed strategies for clinical intervention and self care. | | | Read more |
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Walton Family Foundation Features ROI's Work
| The Walton Family Foundation, which provides generous financial support to ROI, recently featured our work in their "Communities Leading Change" series on local, transformative solutions. Their story covers our systems mapping process and the ways we partner with community leaders across rural eastern North Carolina to drive change.
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Town of Tarboro Springfest: Join us at the Town of Tarboro Springfest on Saturday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tarboro Town Common on Main Street. There will be free kids activities, music, vendors, and food trucks.
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RSVP For ROI's Next Community Meeting
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Don't miss our next community meeting on April 9 from 3-4:30 p.m. Join us in person in Tarboro, N.C. or virtually from anywhere in the world. Our guest speaker will be Rocky Mount Police Chief Robert Hassell. We look forward to seeing you!
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Rural Opportunity Institute supports youth, organizations and communities to interrupt the cycle of generational trauma and design innovative solutions for healing and resilience. |
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