ARMSTRONG CASE STUDY

Alex, Amber, Kaitlyn, Nicole, Taylor

Question 1 Armstrong started by defining what

the Rural Program would NOT be He wanted to use his background of

being an economist and agricultural specialist

Link grass roots organizing and advocacy with research

Wants to work on building something cumulatively and systematically

Long term- get rural poverty on the map

Work with rural poor improve own circumstances

Make general issue of rural poverty a higher priority on the national policy agenda

Clean water

Question 2

Question 3 The first proposal

Clean water is a basic necessity They are already established Wynonie Edwards would be a good person to

work with because she is capable and energetic The project fits well with the program’s interests Work with this project helped out in other ways

too: public/private partnerships, encouraging women in leadership roles and combining the issues of poverty and natural resources