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>> My name is Josh Davis and I
work for a non-profit organization

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that serves the Mississippi Delta.

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So the mission is to improve the health
and the wellbeing of the men, women,

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and children that live in the delta,
that's roughly 600,000 people.

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And, our approach is focusing on access to
healthcare, improving access, as well as,

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improving education in general terms.

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My role is the vice president
of external affairs and what

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that entails is a number of different things.

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I'm involved primarily with a large degree
of fundraising and resource development,

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so that is working with the private sector
to encourage philanthropic donations.

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Encouraging social responsibility is exactly
the term I'm looking for, but mainly looking

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for funding from the private sector as well
as from the federal government in order

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to support the mission and
the strategies that we employ.

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A typical day for myself could include
working on print materials or data that needs

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to be shared with congressional leaders
in the U.S. Senate and then the U.S. House

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of Representatives as well as
the Mississippi Legislature.

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I could be following up and checking
in with my senior level staff,

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that are overseeing the direct operations and
some of the grants that we run that are focusing

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on community based activities as
well as school based activities.

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I could be fine tuning a budget that is being
submitted, or is actually being carried out,

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that we've already acquired
either the federal government

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or a private company, or
a private philanthropist.