Rural women are awesome!

March 8 is International Women’s Day.

Send us 100 words, a photo with a short caption, or a 1 minute video telling us about the impact women and girls are having in rural America. You can tell your own story or give an example of rural women who is strengthening their community.

You can post here or email to karen@ruralstrategies.org.

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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