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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="42px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="17731" img_size="large" qode_css_animation=""][vc_single_image image="17732" img_size="large" qode_css_animation=""][vc_single_image image="17733" img_size="large" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]   The PORCH Society's 2018 summit brought together non-governmental organizations, private foundations, and for profit enterprises to explore global food...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="15667" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_gallery interval="3" images="15682,15679,15677,15680,15681,15678" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]Students ranging from 11 - 67 participated in the week long Camp Brain Power in July of 2015. This years camp featured intensive work on Photography, Coding, and Creative Writing. The camp brought...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="15480" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Seven Chimneys Farm sits in Clarkesdale, Mississippi and is the spiritual home of the PORCH Society. By beginning their work through Seven Chimneys, the PORCH Society promotes on site workshops across a...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/108188513"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]John Chiara has spent over 100 days in the last three years in the Mississippi Delta as a PORCH Society artist in residence. The result is a magnificent body of work as well as many memorable stories...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="15476" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Miss Del’s General Store, located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, specializes in those things we all need more of in our lives. They are delighted to feature beautiful, decorative, functional, old and new items...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="15471" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The Griot Youth Program is an after school arts program for teens in the Clarksdale area. During the year, 25 students participate in tutoring, community service projects, and discussions about how they...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="15468" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]“I’ve been going to Clarksdale for years, to listen to the blues, visit friends, gather material for writing, and to re-charge. In 2012 I invited two writer friends to join me there,...