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 whitney@ruralstrategies.org 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
How can stories help us envision and create a more just and peaceful society? Kiran Singh Sirah, President of the International Storytelling Center, shares from his years of experience and study of power of storytelling in this keynote address at Rural Assembly Everywhere: Road to Repair.
Rural Assembly Everywhere kicked off April 20 with Whitney Kimball Coe in conversation with Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss.
Throughout the pandemic, communities looked to the local and federal government for support in meeting their everyday needs. Although disproportionately affected, many Tribal Nations across the country took the response upon themselves, successfully staving off and addressing the pandemic, providing food, words of support and other necessities for those living in remote areas, often with limited supplies at their local grocery stores or gas stations. Learn about Tribal successes in protecting, providing and paving a path forward for their people in this challenging time.
