Abstract
Community initiatives are started in a variety of ways including tackling tenacious community issues and addressing persistent disparities across residents. An urban/rural, county-wide initiative in the southeastern United States, gathered a cross-sector group to create a culture of literacy. Armed with an “all children are our children” attitude, stakeholders transformed thoughts into programs and initiatives (i.e., Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Campaign for Grade Level Reading) by cultivating reciprocal relationships and partnerships. Through chronicling the history of the coalition and analyzing interviews with 19 foundational community stakeholders, this paper will discuss how the partnership formed and how individual motivations reinforced stakeholders’ investment of time and commitment to the cause, becoming a springboard into a more permanent community initiative.
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