Clyde Windsor, President
PO Drawer 1080
Tuskegee, AL 36087
Phone: (334) 727-2340
Fax: (334) 727-2341
seashainc@aol.com
Counties
Served:
Barbour, Bullock, Coosa, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Tallapoosa
Incorporated:
1967
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Photos by Billie Brown
HISTORY
 Southeast Alabama
Self-Help Association (SEASHA), incorporated in 1967, is one of the nation's first community development
corporations. It grew out of the Civil Rights Movement-related Tuskegee Institute Educational Program, a
tutorial initiative involving hundreds of Tuskegee students. The organization’s mission remains: "To
eliminate the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty ... and to join with other areas of Alabama and
the Nation in a concerted effort to eliminate poverty by opening to everyone the opportunity for education
and training, the opportunity to work, and the opportunity to live in decency and integrity."
In its more than 35 year
history, SEASHA has embraced a multifaceted approach to community development and resident empowerment.
The organization's strategy combines social services with housing and economic development. SEASHA was
one of the first rural community groups designated by the State of Alabama as a Community Development
Housing Organization (CHDO), and the first to develop affordable apartments using financing from federal
Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
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