Southern Echo, Inc.
Non-profit OrganizationsMississippi, United States11-50 Employees
Southern Echo, Inc. is a small nonprofit focused on leadership development, education, and training to cultivate accountable grassroots leadership among African-American and low-wealth communities across Mississippi and the southern United States. Its core objective is to enable communities to hold political, economic, education, and environmental decision-makers accountable to the needs and interests of all citizens. The organization emphasizes building strong community organizations through effective community organizing as the primary means of empowerment, applying an intergenerational approach and delivering trainings and technical assistance to equip residents as organizers and local leaders. Based in Jackson, Mississippi, the organization operates as a small nonprofit dedicated to empowering African-American and low-wealth communities in Mississippi and the broader South through education, training, and organizing support. Its work focuses on building capable community organizations and helping residents engage with political, economic, educational, and environmental decision-makers to address shared concerns. A notable development in its recent history is the 2017 launch of a digital system to file Census information, illustrating an effort to modernize civic participation.