| CAROL'S NOTES Carol Prejean Zippert I dream community I dream people I dream birth and life and birth and life again I dream community I dream gifts, resources and commitments I dream sharing, serving and sacrifice I dream community I dream risk, growth and joy I dream struggle, hope and justice I dream community I dream peace I dream community I dream love and celebration I dream community I dream unity I dream |
The Federation
of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF) is
a service, resource and advocacy association for a constituency
of 25,000 low income families organized into over 100 cooperatives
in rural communities across the South. The membership is primarily
African-American but also includes White, Chicano and Native
American members. An outgrowth of the Civil Rights Movement,
the Federation was chartered in 1967 by 22 low-income cooperatives
to help African Americans and poor people to produce a liveable
income and save their way of life. Goals and objectives 1. Organization and development of cooperatives and credit unions as a self-help community development strategy for FSC/LAF members. 2. Preservation, retention and sustainable development of the remaining land base owned by Black farmers in the South. 3. Advocacy for public policy changes to assist family farmers and rural poor people to improve their lives and communities. 4. Maintenance and support for the training and education programs of the FSC/LAF Rural Training and Research Center at Epes, Alabama. 5. Increasing housing opportunities for low-income rural people including more use of renewable energy sources and support for environmental justice. 6. Insuring the survival, stability and sustainability of the FSC/LAF, to better serve the membership. (Information from FSC/LAF 28th Annual Report) For more information please contact: John Zippert Director of Program Operations Federation of Southern Cooperatives/ Land Assistance Fund P.O. Box 95 Epes, AL 35460 (205) 652-9676 Email: jzippert@aol.com |