Attend an Everywhere Watch Party

Watch parties


Want to experience Rural Assembly Everywhere alongside others in your community? In addition to our four official partner sites, six more communities have signed on to host local watch parties for the virtual event on September 17.

If you’re near these communities, we hope you’ll join in and be part of the conversation where you live. For details, send a request to [email protected].

Wharton, Texas – Hosted by Hesed House of Wharton
Columbia, Mo. –
Hosted by the University of Missouri Extension
Cortez, Colo. –
Hosted by KSJD and The Sunflower Theatre
Seattle, Wa. –
Hosted by The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
Brainerd, Minn. –
Hosted by The Sowing Room
Letcher County, Ky.
– Hosted by Hemphill Community Center

Everywhere 2025 will celebrate the theme, “A Bigger Pie: Cultivating Abundance in a Time of Scarcity.” Rural Assembly Everywhere is the annual virtual gathering of the Rural Assembly, a program of the Center for Rural Strategies. The virtual broadcast features speakers, conversations, music, and other elements of rural culture. Now in its fifth year as a virtual gathering, Rural Assembly Everywhere brings together people from across the country who care deeply about their rural places, neighbors, and community issues. 

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