RVCC sign-on opportunities

The Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition‘s Working Groups have three new issue papers now available for sign-ons: Collaboration, Working Across All Lands, and Investing in Fire Adapted Communities and Resilient Landscapes.

(Please read the documents below for content only. They will all be formatted for design and consistency before printing.)

A group of RVCC leaders will be traveling to Washington D.C. in two weeks to share these issue papers and advocate for our priorities. 

Please send your ORGANIZATION NAME and STATE to rvcc@wallowaresources.org by THIS FRIDAY May 20th at 5:00 PM PST to sign on. The following timeline will be in effect:

  • Friday May 20 @ 5pm PST: Last signature collected
  • Monday May 23 @ 5pm PST: Design and layout complete
  • Tuesday May 24: Print

 

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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