Together We Empower: Rekinding Hope in Rural India

ABOUT THE BOOK:- Together We Empower offers a close look at a unique NCO that has been working in partnership with communities in rural India since 1999. The history of Sehgal Foundation illustrates a path of rich progress along with some missteps that resulted in valuable learning. This record reveals the rationale and the hearts behind the organization's entrepreneurial approach to rural development-an undertaking that is deeply rooted in a team culture, collaborative relationships, and an unwavering commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of the rural poor. “. a roadmap for development workers and organizations engaged in initiatives to bring about sustained long-term social change in partnership with communities, and required reading for students of rural development.” -Deep Shikha, Ph.D, Department of Economics St. Catherine University, Minnesota “Together We Empower is essentially a how-to on sustainable development.” -M. L. Kansal, PhD, Water Resources Development & Managent Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee “Educating and mobilizing citizens to invoke democratic processes to access justice is what the rule of law demands and what Sehgal Foundation is doing in India's rural villages . Together We Empower is the story of how and why rural governance has been transformed for the better wherever Sehgal Foundation partnerships work.” -N. R. Madhwa Menon, LLD, IBA chair of Continuing Legal Education National Law School of India University “A well-documented and well-written publication illustrating the rich contributions made by S M Sehgal Foundation to transform the lives of the poor.” -D. R. Prasada Raju, PhD, FNAE, advisor and head, retd, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi “A unique story of rural development. NCOs like Sehgal Foundation are catalysts for community members to make their own decisions. a model worth emulating.” -Ajallu Niumai, PhD, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, University of Hyderabad, India. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Marly Cornell is an American artist, writer, and social justice advocate. She has a BFA from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and an MA from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. For thirty years, she worked in the corporate nonprofit sector in healthcare, mental health law, behavioral services, and physician recruitment. She is the author of award-winning books: Seeds for Change: The Lives and Work of Suri and Edda Sehgal (Sehgal Foundation, 2014) and The Able Life of Cody Jane: Still Celebrating (LightaLight Publications, 2011). She lives with her husband Ernie Feil in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CONTENTS:- Foreword by M. S. Swaminathan .ix Introduction .xi 1. An Inspired Vision .1 2. Underpromise and Overdeliver .17 3. Building Trust .29 4. Staying Focused .41 5. Seeing Is Believing .58 6. A Rude Awakening .74 7. The Magic Bullet .90 8. New Heroes Emerge .108 9. Critical Learning .121 10. Good Rural Governance .159 11. Grassroots Engagement .179 12. Looking Back and Looking Ahead .200 An Invitation from Sehgal Foundation CEO Jane Schukoske. 218 Appendices .220 More About the Sehgal Foundation Team .221 Achievement Examples Over the Years .229 Sehgal Foundation Partnerships .240 Membership Affiliations .247 Awards and Recognitions .248 Glossary .253 Acknowledgments .262 About the Author .264 Index .265 Together We Empower: Rekindling Hope in Rural India, written by Marly Cornell, was published by Gyan Publishing House in 2017. The ISBN 9788121213486 is assigned to this paperback edition. This nonfiction book has 294 pages, including an Index. This book is in English.