Frances Ford was invited presented a masterclass at the October national conference of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA). The three-day interactive online event was designed allow practitioners across the country to find the renewal needed to lead change locally. Through the masterclass component of the conference, attendees were offered on-demand access to pre-recorded videos of experienced community development practitioners in a variety of settings. Mrs. Ford’s session, which was shot as an interview with Sowing Seeds of Hope’s Director of Communications and Special Projects, Susan Jones, focused specifically on community development work in rural settings.

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