Grassroots Organizer, Advocate, Coalition Builder, Place-Based Practitioner
HAND UP Project
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, United States
Talethia O. Edwards is a wife and mother of 8. Talethia is a proud graduate of THE Florida A&M University where she earned a BA degree in English and is currently earning her MSP in Urban Planning at Florida State University to be awarded next spring. Talethia is known for her work as a grassroots organizer, advocate, and coalition builder in Tallahassee, where she led her community in the Greater Bond Neighborhood in a resident-led planning process to develop the Neighborhood First Plan, adopted by the City Commission and awarded a $6.4M investment, the largest made in a Tallahassee community of color at the time. Talethia is an international speaker, trainer, certi0ed climate justice speaker, and community development expert. Her book, Only Paper Understands, is a re2ective journal where Talethia shares and re2ects on her intimate relationship with paper through journaling over the years. She is Founder and CEO of TOEdwards & Associates Community Development Firm where she works on statewide, local, and national projects with clients such as Atlanta Federal Reserve, Department of Energy, The Children’s Movement of Florida, and Healthy Start of Florida ECCS, among others. She serves as a translator between communities, government agencies, and non-pro0ts to engage families, reform/transform systems, and create equitable community development. Talethia believes in giving voice to those yet to discover their own voice, strategizing ways to empower and educate to change patterns of poverty and under-achievement, and that the only way to revitalize community is by uplifting people and place simultaneously
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Deploying IRA for Diverse Community Hubs
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT