Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (U.S.).

Abstract In 1987 the New Opportunity School for Women was founded by Jane Stephenson, wife of former Berea College President John Stephenson.  Jane recognized a chronic problem in the Appalachian region of women needing to be better educated and needing assistance in the search for employment.   The mission statement of the New Opportunity School for Women is “...to improve the educational, financial, and personal circumstances of low-income, middle-aged women in Kentucky and the south central...

Abstract The Mountain Association for Community and Economic Development (MACED) is a nonprofit organization and community development financial institution, with an interest to provide dependable economic development assistance to local efforts in the mountain regions in addition to undertaking its own initiatives to generate locally based economic development. This collection consists of paper, audiovisual and photographic materials evidencing the breadth and growth of its initiatives and programs...