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Cherokee healing and wellness visioning day

Cherokee healing and wellness visioning day

CPC Multiracial Gatherings

CPC Multiracial Gatherings

Founders of CPC, Paul Castello and Thomas Watson, pose proudly at the 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Founders of CPC, Paul Castello and Thomas Watson, pose proudly at the 10th Anniversary Celebration!

CPC Receives $20,000 from Women for Women to Continue Supporting Cooperatives in WNC

CPC Receives $20,000 from Women for Women to Continue Supporting Cooperatives in WNC

Members of the cooperatives Opportunity Threads and Home Cleaning Professionals. Both coops received start-up grants from CPC's Self Development Fund

Members of the cooperatives Opportunity Threads and Home Cleaning Professionals. Both coops received start-up grants from CPC's Self Development Fund

CPC members celebrate May 1st

CPC members celebrate May 1st

The Center for Participatory Change helps people recognize their own power, work together and transform their communities. Through grassroots organizing, capacity building, networking and grantmaking, CPC helps rural people make improvements in their communities through projects that they plan, implement and evaluate themselves.

The CPC Community Toolbox

Visit our toolbox to download free resources on:

  • Community organizing,
  • Running a non-profit or grassroots organization,
  • Fundraising, and
  • Leadership skills

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Recent Publications

USSF Zine Magazine-WNC Delegation 2010

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2009 Annual Report

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Horizontal Philanthropy: The Importance of Giving in Low-Wealth Communities (Full Report)

This two year research project, funded by NCGives, explored the importance and the diversity of informal giving.  CPC has published both a 98 page full report and a 12 page newsletter-style summary version. This is the full report.

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