Mississippi Action for Community Education, Inc. is a non-profit, minority rural development organization created by community leaders in 1967 to stimulate physical, social, and economic development in the rural Mississippi Delta. Very early in its history, MACE learned that beyond the problems of race and poverty, there exists in southern, rural communities the broader, structural problem of underdevelopment; that for genuine community development to occur, the prerequisite human and organizational capacities must first be developed, the basic community social and political structures must first be created.
Mission
The Mission of Mississippi Action for Community Education, Inc. is to empower African Americans, poor and disadvantaged citizens within its service area by developing their individual and collective capacities to effect social and economic change and improvements within their lives and communities.
Believing that leadership development is the foundation on which all other development takes place, MACE seeks to develop leaders at all levels of society and the institutions through which these leaders can effectively represent and serve their constituencies.
MACE pursues its mission by using a holistic approach to community development that serves as a catalyst for change in helping people help themselves; as well as, establishing and maintaining viable linkages with its affiliates, other organizations and individuals with similar interests and goals.
