Welcome!

Welcome to Southern Currents, the new blog of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation!

This is a place to share ideas, learn from peers and experts from many different fields, and hear from a diverse set of leaders representing the unique places where the Mary Reynolds Babock Foundation works.

In the coming weeks, check back to find regularly posted original and curated content that links you to the organizations, partnerships and strategies helping to move people and places out of poverty.

Here, you can expect to find informative:

• Guest blog posts from our regional partners and experts exploring emergent issues facing Southern communities and organizations
• Insights from MRBF staff on relevant developments in their work areas  
• Spotlight features on our grantees partners that highlight the innovative solutions organizations are using to move the South forward
• Announcements and publications from inside the Foundation

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy exploring our new website.  Here you can meet our strategic grantee partners in the region on the interactive funding map and experience their stories and solutions through multimedia storytelling on the MRBF Storybank. And if you or your organization are on Facebook and Twitter, be sure to LIKE and FOLLOW US for the latest news from the Foundation.

If you are a current partner and would like to see how your work can be featured on Southern Currents, please contact Lora Smith at lsmith[at]mrbf.org.