What does rural mean to you?
We want to hear from you! At the Rural Assembly, we know that rural means something a little different for
August 7, 2020
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covid-19
Commentary: Rural Schools’ Crumbling Infrastructure Was a Health Threat Even Before the Pandemic
Rural schools are sick, and it’s not just the coronavirus. As the nation’s gaze turns to the reopening of schools
August 6, 2020
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Conversation with Mississippi State Senator Robert L. Jackson
In our most recent conversation, Center for Rural Strategies board member Erickson Blackney speaks with Mississippi State Senator Robert Jackson
July 30, 2020
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PBS American Portrait
Rural and Native Youth: Submit to PBS American Portrait
Through our Rural and Native Youth Initiative, we are thrilled to announce a partnership with PBS American Portrait: A National Storytelling Project. PBS
July 23, 2020
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covid-19
What Are We Doing for Rural Schools?
On July 10 the Rural Assembly hosted a roundtable of rural stakeholders and advocates working on rural school infrastructure needs
July 15, 2020
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infrastructure
Sign up: Rural Schools As Infrastructure conversation
America’s public schools are now under scrutiny as the fall semester fast approaches amid a pandemic that continues to ravage
July 8, 2020
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#RuralWomenLead
Shonterria Charleston: “the mission of creating communities of safe and affordable housing for families…keeps me here.”
Shonterria Charleston brings to her work both a military sense of duty to get the job done and dedication to
June 30, 2020
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checkonyourneighbor
Mikhal Ben-Joseph Speaks With Rural Midwife Lodz Joseph-Lemon
Midwife Lodz Joseph-Lemon talks about the need to “keep doing the work” toward a more just and equal society.
June 24, 2020
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climate change
Recording Available: “Rural Resilience: Hurricanes, Wildfire, and COVID-19”
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our livestream conversation “Rural Resilience: Hurricanes, Wildfire, and COVID-19.” For those of
June 24, 2020
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Bill Bynum: Linking our past and present reality of racial injustice
On this past week’s livestream conversation, Bill Bynum of Hope Credit Union placed our present realities of racial inequality in the context of our nation’s history of slavery, the civil rights movement, and countless efforts to fight social and economic injustices. Watch the excerpt.
June 19, 2020
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