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Kiran Singh Sirah, president of the International Storytelling Center, will deliver a keynote address at Rural Assembly Everywhere this April.
Award-winning essayist Margaret Renkl will join Rural Assembly Everywhere as the first keynote speaker at the two-day virtual festival this April.
Congress has appropriated $3.2 billion for a new a program that would enable eligible households to receive a discount on the cost of broadband service and certain connected devices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Megan Black, National Clergy Organizer for the nonprofit organization Faith in Action, shared powerful stories from her life and work with the Rural Assembly Everywhere audience in October.
Now is a perfect time to consider applying for the Civic Saturday Fellowship, says Rural Assembly’s Whitney Kimball Coe. “The Civic Saturday ritual feels more important than ever as we struggle to ensure the future of our democracy,” Coe said.
This is a moment to reevaluate how we perceive our neighbors and our relationships, to tend to one another in ways that unite rather than divide.
By amplifying rural voices and leadership, the Rural Assembly ensures that rural people and places are actively shaping a more inclusive nation as culture-bearers, practitioners, and decision-makers.
