Whitney Kimball Coe reflects on her time as director
Whitney Kimball Coe reflects on her years as director of the Rural Assembly.
Whitney Kimball Coe reflects on her years as director of the Rural Assembly.
Rural Assembly welcomes Madeline Matson as new director.
Taneum Fotheringill joins the Rural Assembly as the Associate Director of Community. Taneum takes pride in being a connector and looks forward to developing positive relationships with Rural Assembly communities across the country. Her work is informed by a lifelong interest in civics and the belief that everyone’s voice matters.
Shonterria Charleston brings to her work both a military sense of duty to get the job done and dedication to serve those in need. Charleston has relied on both instincts during her 21 year career at the Housing Assistance Council, a national organization that helps build homes and communities across rural America. Charleston and her colleagues work with organizations in rural communities across the United States to help ensure that they have the funding, technical knowledge, training and information they need. Charleston arrived at HAC fresh from the U.S. Army. She and her husband, both in the military at the time, decided to leave the service after having their daughter. Her military experience has given her insight into housing issues facing veterans as she works on HAC’s Affordable Housing for Rural Veterans initiative. Charleston was raised in Atlanta. Growing up, she experienced the stress of housing and food insecurities. Her mother worked hard cleaning at a hospital and hotel,
Midwife Lodz Joseph-Lemon talks about the need to “keep doing the work” toward a more just and equal society.
For decades, Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald has championed access to quality education and other vital resources for children and struggling families throughout the rural south.