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BIG NEWS
Center approved for tax-exempt
status
After
a wait of more than 34 months, the Internal Revenue Service has
approved the Center for a Better South's application for federal
tax-exempt status.
(Approval
letter.)
As
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, contributions to the Center
are tax-deductible.
GIVE TODAY
Your tax-deductible donation can help new
project
Over
the last two years, we've relied on generous donations from individuals
to fund two highly successful public policy books for Southern policymakers
- - a 2006 text on tax
reform proposals and this year's book of environmental
ideas.
Now
that we're in the midst of the holiday season, we'd appreciate if
you'd keep us in mind for a gift from Santa. If you have end-of-the-year
funds dedicated for charitable purposes, we'd appreciate your contribution.
With
your tax-deductible donation, you will be a part of building a foundation
of facts and ideas that are bringing strength and renewed promise
to the South. We need all the help you can give to continue our
work.
Please
give $100 or even $500 so we can get going on our next big project
-- a book of ideas to boost public participation in the voting process
(see more below).
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by contacting us today.
ON TAP
Next up: Political participation
ideas
Center
director John L.S. Simpkins is working on the Center's next project
- - a book of ideas on how to boost political participation in the
South.
"We're
surveying how states organize their election systems and looking
at whether it is easy to register to vote, alternative ways to casting
ballots and whether it is easy to cast absentee ballots," explained
Simpkins, a constitutional law professor at the Charleston School
of Law.
Other
issues being explored in the book, which is expected to be published
in late 2008, are:
- Ease
of entry into the process of political participation, including
looks at candidate filing fees, registration requirements and
other rules governing candidates.
- What's
working - - examinations of what is working and what's not
in the election process in the South.
- Best
practices from other states.
If
you've got a suggestion for Simpkins, please send comments to:
info@bettersouth.org
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OUR BLOG TEAM
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Better South stuff
We've
been a little remiss over the last couple of months in the routine
feeding, care and maintenance of our blog, ThinkSouth.org.
Now we hope you'll volunteer to join our blog team to help revive
some life into this great resource.
ThinkSouth.org
is a roundup of interesting news stories and ideas as they relate
to the South. The basic model we're following is this:
- Energize
a team of people across the South.
- Get
them to post at least once a week (we'll assign days) to the blog.
- What
would you post? Anything you see in your normal course of reading
that other progressive folks would find interesting -- news stories,
reports, factoids, trends and the like.
There's
a power of sharing information from multiple pairs of eyeballs.
What you read may not be what we read -- but we may need to know
the cool stuff you read.
So
join this team today. If
you're interested, please send an email to Center President Andy
Brack.
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