Madison County Union For Progress Inc

Madison County Union For Progress (M-Cup) is a 501(c) organization located in Canton, Ms. This organization was formed in 1972 by former civil rights works who wanted to empower the African American community by forming economic development projects. M-Cup was able to open grocery stores in Canton, Ms. as well as a grocery store and a housing complex in the town of Flora, Ms. Although social justice and voter empowerment are vitally important to our organization and it's mission,we also realize that environmental issues, health and nutritional issues must also be addressed. Our organization would like to solicit your help in applying for a grant from the Food and Land Justice Fund that would greatly help us in addressing these issues in our community Madison County Union For Progress has ownership of a building that was previously used as a farmer's market. Our objective is to bring together farmers from across Madison County and provide them with a place to sell their produce to the g

$43K from 1 funder · 4 grants · 2021–2024