HOPE CEO Joins US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty

Joins 24 leading experts nationwide

Jackson, MS – HOPE CEO, Bill Bynum, was recently invited to join the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, a new collaborative aimed at discovering permanent ladders of mobility for the poor.  Bynum is one of 24 experts, advocates and academics from across the country selected for this initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and staffed by the Urban Institute.  An independent effort, the Partnership will seek out diverse expertise to examine the causes of persistent poverty and stagnant mobility, and identify breakthrough solutions that can be put into action by philanthropy, practitioners, and the private sector.  Bynum brings to the Partnership over 30 years of experience working in communities that are home to some of the nation’s most entrenched poverty.