covid-19
What Are We Doing for Rural Schools?
On July 10 the Rural Assembly hosted a roundtable of rural stakeholders and advocates working on rural school infrastructure needs
July 15, 2020
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infrastructure
Sign up: Rural Schools As Infrastructure conversation
America’s public schools are now under scrutiny as the fall semester fast approaches amid a pandemic that continues to ravage
July 8, 2020
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#RuralWomenLead
Shonterria Charleston: “the mission of creating communities of safe and affordable housing for families…keeps me here.”
Shonterria Charleston brings to her work both a military sense of duty to get the job done and dedication to
June 30, 2020
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Mikhal Ben-Joseph Speaks With Rural Midwife Lodz Joseph-Lemon
Midwife Lodz Joseph-Lemon talks about the need to “keep doing the work” toward a more just and equal society.
June 24, 2020
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climate change
Recording Available: “Rural Resilience: Hurricanes, Wildfire, and COVID-19”
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our livestream conversation “Rural Resilience: Hurricanes, Wildfire, and COVID-19.” For those of
June 24, 2020
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covid-19
Bill Bynum: Linking our past and present reality of racial injustice
On this past week’s livestream conversation, Bill Bynum of Hope Credit Union placed our present realities of racial inequality in the context of our nation’s history of slavery, the civil rights movement, and countless efforts to fight social and economic injustices. Watch the excerpt.
June 19, 2020
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climate change
Livestream Conversation: “Rural Resilience: Hurricanes, Wildfire, and COVID-19”
We invite you to join the Rural Assembly and Southerly for a livestream conversation Tuesday, June 23 at 4 PM EST/ 1 PM PST about how frontline communities are preparing for and adapting to climate change effects like hurricanes and wildfires in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 18, 2020
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covid-19
Rural Housing in the Time of COVID-19, Part 2: Recording and Transcript
Thank you to everyone who joined us for part 2 of our series on rural housing in the time of
June 17, 2020
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#RuralWomenLead
Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald: “I believe that the work that we do will live on in the lives and actions of a new generation”
For decades, Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald has championed access to quality education and other vital resources for children and struggling families throughout the rural south.
June 16, 2020
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checkonyourneighbor
Check On Your Neighbor: Dee Davis checks in with actor Bob Wisdom
In this week’s edition of #CheckOnYourNeighbor, Dee Davis, President of the Center for Rural Strategies, checks in on Robert Wisdom,
June 12, 2020
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