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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 07:11 AM Jul 2014

ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls

This sounds like a wonderful and much needed program. I hope everyone will take a few minutes to read this article. I'd love to see programs like this one throughout Appalachia.

The Herald Sun
Durham, North Carolina
ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls
Jul. 04, 2014
Wes Platt

Emily Hadley, a rising senior at Duke University, grew up in rural New Hampshire.

Back home, she took advantage of a Dartmouth University program that let her glimpse opportunities beyond her small world...

...Now, she’s working with adjunct research professor Deborah Hicks on a summer program in rural Madison County in western North Carolina, trying to share similar knowledge with middle school girls with limited career options.

Hicks, founder and director of a program called Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education, this year launched a pilot project called Education and Rural Entrepreneurship in Appalachia (EREA)....

MORE at http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x1550125169/ANOTHER-WORLD-Duke-summer-program-reaches-out-to-rural-N-C-girls

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ANOTHER WORLD: Duke summer program reaches out to rural N.C. girls (Original Post) theHandpuppet Jul 2014 OP
Sorry -- didn't mean to cross post this to GD theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #1
IDK...I think this belongs in GD elias49 Jul 2014 #2
this is the type of program that advances civilization Agony Jul 2014 #3
I hear ya! theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #4

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
1. Sorry -- didn't mean to cross post this to GD
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 07:25 AM
Jul 2014

Forum hosts may lock or delete if they wish. This thread was posted to Appalachia Group and Women's Rights & Issues Group.

Not enough coffee this morning. My apologies.

Agony

(2,605 posts)
3. this is the type of program that advances civilization
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 07:40 AM
Jul 2014

...literally. makes me sick to my stomach when i see rural kids going to liberty university... well any kid.

Cheers,
Agony

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
4. I hear ya!
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 08:27 AM
Jul 2014

The problem is money and outreach. Here's a list of a few scholarship programs for Appalachian youth but I'm sure there are more. Education is the key to providing a stepping stone for these girls!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1272182

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