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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: Nicole Cormier

September 22, 2026 No Comments

Out in rural Cape Cod, holistic nutritionist and dietician Nicole Cormier is busy weaving community resilience with herbalism, agriculture and clinical practice in one of the only internships of its kind in the U.S. She’s also deeply engaged in feeding community; both her own and those that need additional care and support.

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A Wave of Energy: Reflections from Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026

August 5, 2026 No Comments

Madeline Matson and Taneum Fotheringill traveled to Granite Falls, Minn., to host Rural Assembly Everywhere live from The YES! House, in partnership with the Department of Public Transformation (DoPT). The conversation below is a reflection on their experience hosting live, participating in an open mic night, and celebrating the hundreds of people who joined together to uplift our rural communities across the country during Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026.

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