2025 Annual Report
February 10, 2026
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Highlights from 2025 and our work to advance progressive policy in the South
SEAP RESEARCH
SEAP conducts and supports innovative policy research. The research below includes SEAP-sponsored reports as well as research, communications toolkits, and fact sheets that seek to broaden economic power. Please explore our research and findings and feel free to contact us [email protected] if you have any questions!
Southern Voices: Reflections on Five Years of Community-Centered Data Projects
September 25, 2025
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Everyone belongs in policymaking conversations and have released a report highlighting what we’ve learned through years of community-centered data projects.
From Policy to Possibility: Southern Lessons from the Community Change Grant
June 20, 2025
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This report draws on insights from over 50 stakeholders on how this grant opportunity galvanized Southern leaders.
Arkansas Black Mayors Association Awarded $250,000 Urban Forestry Grant
May 9, 2025
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This competitive grant awarded by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division and the USDA Forest Service will help to plant 1,200 trees across the state of Arkansas
A Green Future Led By Black Churches
April 30, 2025
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Economic Recovery Corps fellow Fenika Miller has spent the past year working with Southern Black churches to help them see possibility in using federal dollars to invest in clean energy.
Learnings Report: Power-building and Organizing for Equitable Federal Funding in New Orleans
September 30, 2024
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SEAP recently wrapped up its support for the inaugural Our Dollars, Our Dreams community — New Orleans, LA. We assisted the Building Equity Collaborative in
SEAP Brings “Our Dollars, Our Dreams” Campaign to Arkansas to Discuss Federal Funding Opportunities
August 13, 2024
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The “Our Dollars, Our Dreams” campaign – an effort to help Southern states attract billions of dollars in federal funding for projects that boost the economy – is coming to Arkansas
She Built This City Brings Women Into Construction
June 17, 2024
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They invest federal dollars in empowering women in Charlotte, NC to pursue jobs in construction.
Jessran Pioneers Early Childhood Development in Memphis
June 4, 2024
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They are investing American Rescue Plan dollars in creating bright futures for children and their families.
Project Imagine Invests in Danville, VA’s Youth
June 4, 2024
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They are investing federal dollars on reducing crime and steering young people away from gangs through mentorships and cognitive behavioral therapy.