At the March 2018 GPP, guest speaker Jennifer Parker, PhD, LPC, Director Child Advocacy Studies, Professor Psychology at University of South Carolina Upstate asked attendees to think of their earliest […]
Youth Economic Mobility in Greenville County
On May 4, 2015, many of us in Greenville County, SC were confronted by an interactive feature in the New York Times online. The Atlas of Economic Mobility, developed through […]
Community partners rally to support former Economy Inn residents
Since the Economy Inn was abruptly closed on Thursday, January 25th, many former residents of the Inn have been residing at Nicholtown Missionary Baptist Church. We owe a great debt […]
Our Eyes Were Opened – GPP members experience a poverty simulation
Frustrated. Confused. Stressed. Chaos. Demoralized. These were the words GPP members used to describe their brief and simulated experience of poverty. GPP hosted Beth Templeton on June 12, 2017 for […]
Rural Greenville County
Greenville County may be the most populous county in the state of South Carolina, but thousands of acres are rural and sparsely populated. In northern Greenville County, mountains, rivers and […]
Protecting the Upstate’s special places
Anyone who lives in Greenville County, SC can tell you that it is a popular place for folks to relocate. New residential developments, announcements of business expansions, and cranes like […]
Homelessness in Greenville County
Duff Bruce, trustee with the Jolley Foundation, introduced the topic of homelessness in Greenville County for the September 2014 GPP meeting by recognizing the accomplishment of agencies collaborating to relocate […]
