Women in Community Development Project

January 17, 2000 - Telephone interview

M Describe the Organization: The Women in Community Development project is a joint project by the Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development and Project Hope, along with the University of Massachusetts' Office of Community Relations and Special Events. These groups joined together to provide support both financial and otherwise to lowincome women who wish to attend college, improve their own economic status, and contribute more to their communities.

M Where does your funding come from?: From the parent organizations, with some donations and taxpayer support through different grants. Tuition support is offered through an Agency Agreement with the Office of Urban Programs at the university. The project offers support for a two-semester minimum to help these women.

M How do you find candidates?: So far, finding them has been no problem--we publicize the program in the community and take applications and interview the candidates. Deciding whom to accept is more difficult, really, because this also means deciding that some will not be selected. That is always difficult. We are here to help as much as we can, after all, and also to show that this kind of program can be effective so other groups will offer tuition assistance to those in need.

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y Associate Professor W. Scott Thompson, Professor of International Politics for the Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy, who will lead the discussion on where Indonesia stands after the financial crisis that of 1997. Another will be on Russia and its economic future. We also have a program on Africa with Charles Stith, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, on the future of Africa. These are the kinds of programs we have every month for our members, and many for the public at large. John Magennis, President, Internet Exposer Corporation, 661 Washington St. Ste. 300, Norwood, MA, (781) 440 0747. February 3, 2000 - Telephone Interview M Tell me about the company you started: My company develops promotional sites on the web for other companies. We had revenue of $450,000 last year, which is climbing each year at a rate higher than I expected. I have five employees and more than 60 clients to date. I started the idea in 1995 when I was 12, so I ha a lot to learn about how to create a business and what to do with it once I had it. I had to do it all myself in the beginning, but now I have help and expect to hire a few more people this year because we are growing so much. Internet companies have to be careful about growing too
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