Creating safer, equitable communities through research and advocacy.
About Us
REACH was founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd to support low-income families and people of color, and continues to evolve our work to meet the needs of our local community and eastern North Carolina. Learn more about the history of REACH, our mission, and the people who make our work possible.
Our Work
We are dedicated to empowering our community through multiple approaches. Find out how we address systemic inequality and build strength and capacity in our own community through information sharing, leadership development, civic engagement training and advocacy, citizen science and partnerships with universities and academics, and more.
Get Involved
Are you a resident of Duplin or surrounding counties? Are you invested in environmental justice and ensuring equity and opportunity for marginalized communities? Want to partner with REACH? Contact us and get information about our monthly meetings and other events, and other ways to be more involved with REACH.
News
We’re the experts on our community’s needs, what’s happening in our community, and much of the science regarding how we are disproportionately impacted by certain kinds of pollution. REACH leadership and members work with news media, digital platforms, and more to educate the public on our research, advocacy, and community needs.
Educate, Empower to lead.
We are dedicated to empowering our community through multiple approaches. Find out how we address systemic inequality and build strength and capacity in our own community through information sharing, leadership development, civic engagement training and advocacy, citizen science and partnerships with universities and academics, and more.
our impact
Improving our community.
The Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH) mission is to educate and empower to lead. The goal of REACH is to ensure community members meet their basic human needs through equitable access to quality education, employment, housing, socialization, and youth programs.
REACH has established a strategic development plan in order to achieve its mission and goal. The REACH Strategic Development Plan focuses on five areas of concentration. This is brief a summary of the areas of concentration and focuses as identified by the REACH Board of Directors and REACH leadership.
