New report details a ‘growing movement’ to censor books in schools
New report details a ‘growing movement’ to censor books in schools — and issues a warning to take these organized efforts seriously.
New report details a ‘growing movement’ to censor books in schools — and issues a warning to take these organized efforts seriously.
Because of Helen Lewis, Whitney Kimball Coe was able to follow her calling to return home to East Tennessee, not just to build a life there but to lead, to serve, to celebrate all that we are and all we can be.
For the next week, The Rural Assembly is joining Welcoming America and partners across the country to celebrate Welcoming Week 2022.
Welcoming Week is an opportunity to celebrate the values that unite us as neighbors, parents, and colleagues, and to make our communities more welcoming to all those who call rural America home.
Carmina Taylor is a passionate human service and public education advocate, and a lifelong civil rights activist. She believes giving back is more significant than receiving anything and hopes that her selfless spirit infects anyone she encounters because spreading love is so much more important to her than spreading hate.
Carmina is also the founder of the “We Can’t Wait” PA Statewide Coalition for Racial Equity and a Movement for Black and Brown Lives of Montgomery County. I spoke with her during one of her long drives between meetings with rural community leaders.
Everywhere Radio returns this season with new voices and new questions. We want to ask rural leaders why they do what they do and how they keep going in the face of conflict: How do you stay in relationship with your neighbors despite differences? What inner resources are you drawing upon to keep showing up when the work gets hard? What are you learning along the way about yourself, your community, and the future you envision? Why does rural America matter to the future of our democracy?
Reporting on Rural Education: a discussion about rural journalism and education featuring Nick Fouriezos, the only rural higher education reporter in the country, and Alan Richard, news manager for the Southern Regional Education Board and former education reporter.
Valerie Horn noticed people needed fresh, healthy, local food. She partnered with a local healthcare nonprofit to implement a solution: the Farmacy, which increases access to locally grown fruits and vegetables through an innovative nutrition program.
Reproductive Justice: Young, Rural Voices By Rebecca Stern “Widespread clinic closures are most likely to impact rural, low-income populations and people of color, many of
Unsinkable: Stories from the Eastern Kentucky flood relief efforts Catastrophic flooding struck Eastern Kentucky on July 28. The stories of survival, loss, and now recovery
Nhatt Nichols reads from her poem “This Party of the Soft Things”