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Brushy Fork Institute

About Brushy Fork Institute

Since 1988, Brushy Fork Institute has worked to develop strong leadership in Appalachian communities throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. An outreach program of Berea College, the Institute offers leadership training, organizational development workshops and technical assistance to communities working for a better tomorrow.

Interested in leadership and community development? Each September, Brushy Fork offers an Annual Institute, which includes a variety of intensive workshop tracks as well as plenary sessions on regional issues. The Annual Institute is designed for community leaders, volunteers and organizations and agencies that serve communities.

Does your community or organization need assistance with planning or training? Brushy Fork also works with organizations through the Leading Edge Program, which provides technical assistance on a contractual basis.

 

What's New with Brushy Fork?

  • Brushy Fork staff took part in the announcement of the Appalachian Rural Development Philanthropy Initiative on November 7 at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Kentucky. As a partner in this work, Brushy Fork will help encourage the development of local philanthropy in distressed eastern Kentucky counties. See the official announcement of this project in the video below.


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