
Stephen Gong on Asian American visibility
Center for Asian American Media Executive Director Stephen Gong on Asian American visibility
Who we are
We know that rural America is more than the convenient stereotypes and stories that dominate public discourse. It is a place of innovation, tight-knit communities, and civic participation. It is fire departments and schools and local organizations making a difference. There is an opportunity right now to draw the connections between rural and its counterparts, to name the roads, fibers, and futures that connect us. To craft a future of us and ours. We hope you’ll join us.
Rural Journalism Collective: Unpacking Food and Ag Reporting
Watch a replay of our livestream discussion with three leading rural journalists about rural agriculture coverage, featuring
* Chris Clayton, ag policy editor for Progressive Farmer
* Claire Carlson, staff correspondent at the Daily Yonder
* Tom Philpott, former food and ag correspondent for Mother Jones
Watch a replay of a special event with three leading civic scholars and three young adult community organizers and photographers, co-creators of the ongoing American Creed: Citizen Power documentary initiative, a follow-up to the 2018 American Creed PBS Special. We look at how helping young people explore foundational ideals like freedom, fairness and opportunity can galvanize and challenge rural communities.
Free Hill: Renewal and Rememory is the first in-person and online exhibit from the Rural Assembly. The exhibition explores the story of Free Hill, a community of Black Americans dismantled by urban renewal.
Learn how to bring it to your town.
Center for Asian American Media Executive Director Stephen Gong on Asian American visibility
The Rural Assembly is pleased to announce Libby Lane as its new Deputy Director.
Save the date for Rural Assembly Everywhere, a multimedia production designed by and for rural leaders and their allies, on June 28th!
A free virtual event, Everywhere: Toward Safer, More Connected Communities will explore the ways rural people are pushing back against harmful policies and narratives and the steps they are taking to create safer, more connected communities.
Save the date for Rural Assembly Everywhere, a multimedia production designed by and for rural leaders and their allies, on June 28th!
A free virtual event, Everywhere: Toward Safer, More Connected Communities will explore the ways rural people are pushing back against harmful policies and narratives and the steps they are taking to create safer, more connected communities.
For National Library Week, people from rural places across the country reflect on the importance of rural libraries and librarians.
The Republican supermajority in the Tennessee House has underestimated the staying power of rural residents who want common-sense gun regulations and a return to democracy.
The Rural Assembly
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