CIRA: Center for Integrating Research and Action @ UNC-CH

CIRA Conference 2006

The Center for Integrating Research and Action (CIRA) hosted the first meeting of the North Carolina Collaboration on Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction on July 13 and 14, 2006. Below, participants from the Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Triangle regions of the state work together to generate ideas and action plans for a multi-region collaboration. The project is underway and will continue with regional convenings during the coming year.

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2006 Conference Participants

Area Wide Health Committee, Tillery, NC
Appalachian Coalition for Just and Sustainable Communities, Ashe County, NC
Center for Community Action, Robeson County, NC
Community Economic Development Fund, Hartford, CT
Concerned Citizens of Tillery, Tillery, NC Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University Department of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Communications, UNC- Chapel Hill
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Department of Sociology, UNC-Wilmington
NC Conservation Fund, Chapel Hill, NC
NC Housing and Finance Agency
Piedmont Biofuels, Pittsboro, NC
Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership, Asheville, NC
Springs Hoke County Community Development Corporation, Raeford, NC
Sustainable Development Program, Appalachian State University

For more information on the conllaboration, visit the Collaboration section.

Conference Photos