Free! Webinars from Grassroots & Groundwork Now Available

Learn tips for creating new jobs, lowering unemployment, boosting small business, improving access to loans, fighting predatory lending, shaping public policy and more from people who've seen it work, even in difficult economic conditions. These valuable lessons for reducing poverty and building prosperity are presented in webinars from Grassroots & Groundwork 2010 held in Portland, Oregon. Watch one webinar or all 20. They're:

* Convenient - access them right from your desktop at www.grassrootsandgroundwork.org

* Practical - tools and models shared by grassroots organizations in urban, rural, Native American and Latino communities.

* Valuable - delivered in 70-minute sessions from proven and promising organizations sharing what works in poverty reduction.

And they're free of charge. Sponsored by the Northwest Area Foundation, Grassroots & Groundwork is a national conference that highlights proven and innovative strategies and tools for reducing poverty and fostering community prosperity. More than 350 people attended the May 2010 conference. Topics include tapping public investments to create new living-wage jobs, buy-local campaigns to boost business, developing job opportunities in the green industry for underemployed and unemployed workers, and use of public policy strategies to improve employment conditions. Visit www.grassrootsandgroundwork.org to access all the webinars