The Horizons Community Leadership Program to Reduce Poverty helps communities build stronger leaders to address economic issues and find ways to implement change. Horizons is funded by the Northwest Area Foundation and implemented by Iowa State University Extension in partnership with Iowa citizens.
Horizons Communities Taking Action
8/18/2008
Community Leadership Projects Aim to Reduce Poverty
AMES, Iowa -- An Iowa State University Farm Progress Show display will demonstrate how citizens reduce poverty in rural communities. Five Iowa communities will showcase their projects that build leaders, reduce poverty, and better the community as part of the Horizons Community Leadership to Reduce Poverty program. more...
8/5/2008
Horizons Program Launches Citizen-Leaders in Iowa Communities
From building a child care center to retaining a grocery store and mentoring youth, citizens in Horizons communities are making a difference with this leadership program. more...
Telling Community Stories
Horizon Communities Tell Their Stories Through Blogging
Community blogging is a strategic communication tool that helps local communities tell their stories, connect each other through common goals of poverty reduction, and reflect on their successes.
read the Iowa communities' blogs...
Horizons Project...
- helps communities take charge and build stronger leaders to address poverty, economic decline, and the exodus of young adults.
- is available to communities of 500 to 5,000 residents with a poverty rate of 10 percent or greater.
- is designed for communities ready to commit to gathering citizens together to work for positive change.
Horizons Leaders...
- Become involved in decision making.
- Gain a positive attitude.
- Understand their neighbors.
- Increase knowledge about poverty in their community.
- Come together with others and take action against poverty.
Horizons Communities...
- Gain training and resources—about leadership, poverty reduction, community development, visioning, and strategic planning—to make a difference.
- Develop ways to take action—with your own considerable resources—instead of looking and waiting for outside help.
- Become part of a larger
community of citizen leaders—working together to grow Iowa.