Rural Assembly invited to participate on federal healthcare call

The White House Office of Public Engagement has invited members of the Rural Assembly and others to join a conference call on Thursday, September 23rd 2010 with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and senior Administration officials to discuss key new health care benefits under the Affordable Care Act.  

Time: 3:45 PM ET (please dial in 5 minutes early)
Call Name: Health Care Benefits for Rural America
Call Number: (800) 288-8968

RSVP: Please RSVP to opersvp@who.eop.gov.  

Drawing Resilience: Maureen Hearty

Maureen Hearty transforms objects, space, and community, seeing art as a tool for action, education, and opportunity. The majority of her community-based work today is on the eastern plains of Colorado, considered one of the most sparsely populated areas in the United States. In Joes, Colorado (pop. 78), she is activating space using art, music, and the collection of story. In 2020, Maureen and her friend Kristin Stoltz were awarded an NEA grant for a project titled “Arts for a Prairie Seas: Farming Fluxus.”

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