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Lights, Camera, Community Action!

Episode One – Getting to Know Community Action

Hosted by: Heidi Barcomb, Program and Communications Director at NYSCAA

Guest Speakers: Diane Hewitt-Johnson, Renee Hungerford, & Greg Richards

 

In this inaugural episode, we sit down with Greg Richards, Executive Director of Cortland County Community Action Program, Inc.(CAPCO), Diane Hewitt-Johnson, CEO of Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc., and Renee Hungerford, Executive Director of Community Action of Orleans & Genesee; all who are members of NYSCAA’s Board of Directors. Renee, Greg, and Diane talk about the importance of Community Action in improving communities and changing lives, how the needs of their communities have changed over time, pivoting services to meet the needs, their relationship with NYSCAA, the strength of New York’s CAA network, and more!

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Mission Statement

To provide services, with dignity and respect, that help people become self-sufficient.

COMMUNITY ACTION PROMISE

Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.

We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and have served low-income and disadvantaged families for nearly 60 years. Community Action programs are designed to empower as well as provide opportunity to those who are not yet self-sufficient.