Register for Everywhere Workshops

Extend your Rural Assembly Everywhere experience by registering for one or more of three workshops hosted with partners Aug. 6- 8th, the week following our mainstage program on Aug. 1. 

Rural Assembly Everywhere: Rural Urban Divide Training with RUBI (Rural Urban Bridge Initiative)

Aug. 6 | 2 p.m. ET – 3 p.m. ET
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Join the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (RUBI) at this year’s Rural Assembly Everywhere for a training about the origins of the rural-urban divide. At the training, you’ll engage with information and suggestions for how to navigate and lessen the divide. The objective of this workshop is to gain the skills to find mutual understanding and common ground, defuse hostility and contempt in conversations and relationships, and build multi-racial working and middle-class rural solidarity between rural, suburban, and urban dwellers. RUBI’s practical solutions are based on research by our own and other scholars, as well as the personal experiences of rural progressive organizers. 

Rural Assembly Everywhere: Beyond the Clock Virtual Happy Hour  

Aug. 7 | 2 pm. ET – 3 p.m. ET
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Join this special edition of Beyond the Clock Happy Hour for Rural Assembly Everywhere! Bring a beverage of your choice and get ready for sparkling conversations and lively connections with other rural cultural workers, connectors, and neighbors. In this special edition, attendees will have an opportunity to share, reflect, and dive deeper into themes and ideas that were uplifted during Rural Assembly Everywhere.Beyond the Clock is a monthly online gathering that fosters fellowship, shared learning, and community care for rural connectors and cultural workers. Co-hosted by Department of Public Transformation and Voices for Rural Resilience, with support from the Rural Assembly, Beyond the Clock invites creative rural rockstars from across the country to share in digital happy hours and learning exchanges that connect and inspire. Come and grab a seat at our virtual table! Register

Rural Assembly Everywhere: Story Circle on Nurturing Thriving Communities   

Aug. 8 | 2 p.m ET. – 4 p.m. ET
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Join facilitator Ben Fink and your neighbors from around the country to share and hear stories that illuminate what it takes for us nurture our communities – and what happens when we do. Space is limited for the story circle and we ask that all participants commit to being present for the duration of the session. If you are unable to attend, please reach out to taneum@ruralstrategies.org so that another person can access the space. Finally, please plan to have your camera turned on – we do our best to simulate being in a room together on Zoom for story circles. Register

About Rural Assembly Everywhere

These workshops are offered as part of Rural Assembly Everywhere 2024: Nurturing Thriving Communities.

Rural Assembly Everywhere is the virtual gathering of the Rural Assembly.

Join us Aug. 1 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. to hear from rural leaders, organizers, community workers and artists as we explore what it means to nourish a thriving community. The event is broadcast in the Crowdcast platform, which allows you to chat and connect with other attendees before and during the event.

Drawing Resilience: Caryl Hale

Caryl Hale is the executive director of the Norton Regional Health Foundation and amember of the Norton Arts Council in Norton, Kansas. Hale brings her experience in farming and foodsystems with her to both roles, helping to create rural health policies that center art and food production.

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Everywhere Workshops

Extend your Everywhere experience by registering for one or more of three workshops hosted with partners Aug. 6- 8th, the week following our mainstage programming on Aug. 1. 

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