Lisa Abbott

Name: Lisa Abbott
Biography: Lisa Abbott is Director of Organizing and Leadership Development of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. She received a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland in 2001. Lisa Abbott was also a Program Associate at the Grassroots Policy Project in Washington DC from 1999-2000. She serves on the board of the Progressive Technology Project in Minneapolis, and was recently elected to the policy-making board of the local elementary school of her two children.
Website address (URL): http://www.kftc.org/
Country: United States
U.S. State: Kentucky
Board position: 5|Member

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Title: How to Solve Our Economic and Environmental Crises

Name: Heeten Kalan

Post date: Jun 29 2010 - 09:03

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By: Heeten Kalan, senior program officer for the Environmental Health and Justice fund at the New World Foundation.

This post was originally published on Alternet

Slideshow: Funding Social Movements

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In this slideshow, Colin Greer explains the grantmaking strategy of The New World Foundation. We believe community-based organizations participating in regional and national movements are the only ones that can create lasting social change in America.

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