Pam Dorr will speak to Shakerag Workshops participants and other guests on Wednesday evening, June 23, 2010, at 7:30 in the James Agee Library.
Pam is the Executive Director of the Hale Empowerment & Revitalization Organization, Inc, (HERO), Housing Resource Center. HERO is a rural grass-roots non-profit which supports underserved families with housing and community resources, serving 1500 families a year in Hale, Sumter, Perry, Wilcox, and Marengo Counties through partnership with the Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission. HERO provides information on housing and community resources to area families. Housing Resources include homeownership, home repair, and rental information. Community Resources include food pantry, thrift store, and utility assistance.
Pam grew up in Half Moon Bay, California and left San Francisco after a successful 18 year career as a lingerie designer in the apparel industry to find a way she could contribute more to her world. She joined the Auburn University Rural Studio Outreach as a Fellow in 2003-04, to study innovations in architecture. After completion of the Outreach program Pam stayed on in Hale County, Alabama to found the Housing Resource Center at HERO and Habitat for Humanity, Black Belt. HERO has $6.8m in housing assets and has completed 67 energy effcient, innovative, cost effective homes, focusing on well-designed houses built for area residents for less than $20,000 each.
