Erin Borla, Executive Director of the Roundhouse Foundation, and Ash Hanson, Chief Creative Officer of the Department of Public Transformation, will be in conversation at our annual virtual gathering, Rural Assembly Everywhere, on July 23.
Trish J. Gibson has joined the Rural Assembly as the new Program and Communication Coordinator. Trish has a background in fine art and media and
By Annie Contractor In rural communities across the nation, residents and civic leaders are thrust into debates about the future of their towns: will they
Journalist and award-winning author Mary Annette Pember will be a featured speaker at Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026 on July 23.
Register now for our June 3rd webinar to learn more about how Community Benefit Agreements can help rural communities.
An interview with Beth Howard, organizer and author of Song for a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Anti-Racist Solidarity From a Coal-Miner’s Daughter
Introducing Yonder Radio, a free, one-hour radio show and podcast from the Center for Rural Strategies
Rural Assembly Director Madeline Matson returns to middle school for Women’s History Month.
Photographer Casey Orr has been documenting the ways people find each other, and themselves, through how they present themselves to the world her entire career. Her current project focuses on rural young people in northern England and eastern Washington State.
Learn more about the Rural Assembly in our 2025 Annual Report.
