The Framework for Our Workshop Series
May 28, 2026
By Annie Contractor In rural communities across the nation, residents and civic leaders are thrust into debates about the future of their towns: will they
By Annie Contractor In rural communities across the nation, residents and civic leaders are thrust into debates about the future of their towns: will they
Journalist and award-winning author Mary Annette Pember will be a featured speaker at Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026 on July 23.
Register now for our June 3rd webinar to learn more about how Community Benefit Agreements can help rural communities.
An interview with Beth Howard, organizer and author of Song for a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Anti-Racist Solidarity From a Coal-Miner’s Daughter
Introducing Yonder Radio, a free, one-hour radio show and podcast from the Center for Rural Strategies
Rural Assembly Director Madeline Matson returns to middle school for Women’s History Month.
Photographer Casey Orr has been documenting the ways people find each other, and themselves, through how they present themselves to the world her entire career. Her current project focuses on rural young people in northern England and eastern Washington State.
Learn more about the Rural Assembly in our 2025 Annual Report.
Join us online 2 p.m. ET March 4 for a 90-minute interactive session “What Rural Communities Need to Know about AI Data Centers” designed to cut through the noise and help rural practitioners and community members understand what’s currently disputed about data center impacts.
Why Rural Assembly is hitting the road in 2026—and how you can invite us to your community.
