The Center for Social Inclusion's new report, Triumph Over Tragedy, Leadership, Capacity and Needs in Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, recommends to foundations and national organizations how to best support local rebuilding efforts by identifying community assets, gaps in the work, and challenges faced by leaders. This report finds that, with proper support, local leaders can strengthen their leadership and strategies to rebuild both their communities and a healthy, thriving region. Among other things, the report recommends that: • Foundations and donors invest in leadership, capacity building, locally-driven collaboration, and the stabilization of groups addressing gap areas, particularly those led by women of color. • Foundations and donors support regional and national intermediaries that can provide technical assistance, support collaboration, offer methodological approaches and other forms of capacity building for leaders and organizations. • National organizations and intermediaries share resources with local groups, directly by sharing grants and by offering in-kind support.

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