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Rural Assembly Everywhere returns April 20 & 21, to mark time together, to wrestle with questions about how we build a nation that serves all of us, and to respond to calls for unity and repair. Once again, we invite rural advocates and the rural-curious, listeners and leaders, neighbors and admirers, to participate in programming that features experts and poets, civic leaders and culture-bearers. Rural Assembly Everywhere will feature keynote speakers, performers, and panel discussions from 2 to 4 p.m. ET; breakout sessions from 5 to 6:30 p.m. ET, and Happy Hours at 7 p.m. ET each day. View the schedule.
Rural Assembly Everywhere is for everyone, everywhere, but especially rural advocates and the rural-curious, listeners and leaders, neighbors and admirers.
Email Whitney Kimball Coe at [email protected] to discuss ways to be part of Rural Assembly. We would love to connect with you.
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2 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET Mainstage programming: Keynote speakers, performers, and panel discussions
5 – 6:30 p.m. ET Breakout sessions
7 p.m. ET Happy Hours
Journalist and award-winning author Mary Annette Pember will be a featured speaker at Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026 on July 23.
Rural Assembly is seeking 30 local partners to host a community gathering during the week of July 23-30. Held in
Watch this powerful extended conversation with author, journalist and PBS television host Ray Suarez, a portion of which was originally featured at Rural Assembly Everywhere 2025, our national virtual gathering on Sept. 17.
