Webinar: Branding the rural networks/Rural Assembly Initiative

Dee Davis, president of the Center for Rural Strategies, and Amy Sterndale, communications director for the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey Institute, talk about building a unifying branding strategy for rural networks and groups.

Download the PowerPoint presentations (below the video) and follow along with the video of the conference.

Here are links to the Daily Yonder stories mentioned by Dee: Finding Fairness for Rural Schools & Public Schools Buck the ‘Crisis’ and Innovate.

Dee also mentioned a 2004 report by the Frameworks Institute. Download it here.

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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