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Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities grew out of the work we were doing in our for-profit company, McMillan and
Moss Research, Inc. We found that our investigative skills, demographic and landuse expertise, and use of geographic information
systems (GIS) were being called for in cases involving civil rights, predatory lending and fighting institutionalized discrimination.
While we found we were drawn to this kind of work and attorneys realized the value of what we had to offer, other funders
could not hire us through our for-profit company. In order to pursue our new mission, we formed CGISC in 2000.
We have since recieved funding from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Fund for Southern Communities, Warner Foundation,
the Racial Justice Collaborative and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. We have also enjoyed realized
strong support from other groups who share our goals. In March of 2004, we received a plaque of appreciation for our work
from the N.C. Fair Housing Center. In the fall of 2004, our work on fighting institutionalized discrimination was the focus
of the annual conference of the Center for Civil Rights at the Law School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
For more information on the conference, click here.
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Our Employees
President: Ann Joyner, MBA
Vice President: Allan Parnell, PhD
Program Coordinator: Carolyn Christman, MA
Adminstrative Services: Louise Tate
GIS Consultants: Ben Marsh, PhD, Bucknell University
and Sam Kome, Business Geographic Inc
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| Interior of our office: |
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| formerly an abandoned Primitive Baptist Church |
Our Office is a renovated Primitive Baptist Church, moved to our farm and restored.
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