Delta Grassroots Caucus Events

Credit Michael Hibblen/ KUAR News, Arkansas Public Radio; Former President Bill Clinton speaking to the Delta Grassroots Caucus on May 2, 2013, at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock

U. S. Senator John Boozman, Arkansas, at a Delta Grassroots Caucus meeting at the US Capitol

Brad Cole, Executive Director of the Municipal League of Illinois; previously a senior aide to former Republican US Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, earlier Mayor of Carbondale, Illinois, veteran Delta regional advocate, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

President Bill Clinton makes a comment to Delta Caucus Director Lee Powell at a meeting in Blytheville, Arkansas (in the northeast Arkansas Delta) on Nov. 2, 2014

The Delta Caucus would like to pay tribute to the late, great U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, a powerful force in the US Senate for decades and a champion for the Delta. Sen. Cochran passed away on May 30, 2019. He spoke to the Delta Caucus on many occasions over the years (he is pictured above speaking to a Caucus event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC) and his thoughtful, courteous and bipartisan leadership will be sorely missed.

Marcie Lawson, Executive Director, Sikeston, Missouri Regional Chamber and Area Economic Development Corporation, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

Alan Gumbel, Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce, Memphis, Tennessee, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

Mayor Shirley Washington of Pine Bluff, AR, speaking to the Delta Caucus at the Arkansas Capitol Rotunda in 2017.

Please Send in Annual Delta Caucus Membership Dues for Year from Fall, 2022 to Fall, 2023

Posted on October 14, 2022 at 12:38 PM

Please send in Annual Membership Dues for Year from Fall, 2022 to Fall, 2023

Please send in annual membership dues for the year from now in October, 2022 to October, 2023.

The best way to send in the dues is to go to the website of www.mdgc.us and click on the Paypal link that says “Donate.”

(There is a mailing address below if you prefer to register by check.)

The annual membership dues are essential for our continuing informational/advocacy activities and are at the modest levels of:

–$50 for smaller organizations or individuals,

–$75 for medium-sized nonprofits, colleges, small businesses, or other organizations;

–$100 for larger universities, foundations, corporations and other larger-scale entities, or for longstanding partners or other individuals who wish to contribute a larger amount.

The easiest and quickest way to send dues is to go on the website at www.mdgc.us and go to the PayPal link that says “Donate.”

If you prefer to pay by check, please make out the check to :”Delta Caucus” and mail to:

Delta Caucus

5030 Purslane Place

Waldorf, MD 20601

Membership dues are required to attend the conferences at the Clinton Library, on Capitol Hill or elsewhere, to receive updates in our newsletters and other Delta Caucus activities.

OPTIONAL–Possible Sponsorship donations: For those who wish to be sponsors for our grassroots network’s activities, you will be recognized on the big placards on display at conferences, in group newsletters, on the website and other Delta Caucus communications:

–regular sponsorships are $250;

–a Major Co-Sponsorship is $500

–$1,000 for a Lead Sponsorship.

We will set the dates for the late spring of 2023 Delta Conference at the Clinton Library as soon as the Congressional calendar comes out.

We plan to have a conference TBD in the fall of 2023 either on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, or in Little Rock elsewhere in the region.

We all know that we have plenty of challenges in the region, but there have also been some positive signs of late;

The Delta Regional Authority budget is sound at $30 million, and while we would like to see it substantially larger, we are in a much better situation now than in previous decades when the budget was $5 million or so and we had to defeat efforts to slash the budget further or even abolish the agency. We believe it is on sound, permanent footing now, although we need to keep advocating for its regional development activities.

We continue to support USDA hunger and nutrition, rural development and related programs, health care for underserved populations, job creation at good wages, education and workforce development, Delta Heritage tourism and other community and economic development initiatives for the 8-state Delta region.

We will keep you posted and appreciate your longstanding involvement with our grassroots regional network. Lee Powell, Director, Delta Caucus (202) 360-6347