Charles Betterton

https://www.planetblessed.org/

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BLESSivist & EARTHist

Charles Betterton has been helping individuals, organizations and communities “Bless the Mess" for over 50 years in several innovative ways. For example, he received an unsolicited grant at the age of 21 from the American Friends Service Committee to support desegregation of the public schools in the Mississippi Delta. Through the grant Charles created a partnership of over 40 community leaders who helped build public support for a Community Development Center where children of all ages and races were welcomed and encouraged to develop their talents.

That "Bless the Mess" experience led to Charles volunteering to serve as a disaster relief worker when 16 Mississippi Counties were struck by tornadoes in 1971. Instead he was hired as a temporary employee and began a career with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  He served with HUD for 12 years as a "Bless the Mess" disaster recovery expert, a turn-around-management "trouble-shooter" and community development specialist. While serving in the Detroit HUD Area Office he received the highest cash award ever paid a HUD employee for a modification he made to a property management information that saved an estimated 300 million dollars.  THAT was a powerful example of "Blessing the Mess!"

^{--From Charles' Bio}

See Also

https://www.universityforsuccessfulliving.org/

His primary social media accounts are: https://www.facebook.com/charles.betterton, https://twitter.com/ultimatedestiny & https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesbetterton/

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