Thank you, 2022 collaborators!

As the Rural Assembly looks back over 2022, our hearts are full of gratitude for the many friends, partners, and courageous community leaders who participated in helping us carry out our mission to build a more inclusive and just nation. You’ve offered your time, talent, and expertise to help ensure that rural voices are part of the national dialogue about who and what matters. Thank you for sharing your passion and knowledge, your songs and stories. You make a difference in the world, and we’re so lucky to be in your orbit.

The list below is long, and it’s worth a scroll. As with any list like this, we risk leaving someone out. If you partnered with us this year and you don’t see your name on this list, please, please drop us a note so we can celebrate you!

Rural Assembly 2022 Collaborators

Organizations

100 Days in Appalachia

A Step Ahead Chattanooga

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Farmland Trust

Anchored in Clinton

Appalachia Media Institute

Art & Frame in Athens, TN

Association for Rural & Small Libraries

Athens Area Council for the Arts

Athens Main Street

Beau the Fifth Column

Beyond the Clock

Black Family Land Trust, Inc

Center for Asian American Media

CIRCLE

Citizen Film

Citizen University

City of Crete

Community Connections NOW

Community Strategies Group

COMPASS – Pioneer PBS SW Minnesota

Consumer Reports

Cowan Community Action Group

Deep East Texas College

Department of Interior

Empowering Families

Faith Matters Network

Generation Citizen

HAC

Harnett Central High School

Health Action Alliance

Henry Luce Foundation

Higher Purpose Co.

ICT (Indian Country Today)

Immigration Forum

Indian Country Today

Infinite Connections

Intertribal Agriculture Council

Jobs for the Future

Jodevi Consulting

Justice 4 Women

Kansas Sampler Foundation

Lander Art District

Latitude Chicago

Legal Services Corporation

Listen First Coalition

Little Theatre Auditorium

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

LSC Rural Justice Task Force

Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance

Making Caring Common

Mega Mural Fest

Metropolitan Group

Millions of Conversations

Moneticello Ongoing Revitalization Effort

Nebraska is Home

NeighborWorks America

New Pluralists Collaborative

Next Evolution

North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Office of Rural Prosperity

Ohio Valley ReSource

Open Campus Media

Pioneer PBS SW Minnesota

Preemptive Love

Request to Speak

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Rural Development Initiatives

Rural Journalism Collective

Rural Policy Research Insititute

Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition

Rural Youth Catalyst Project

Rural-Urban Bridge Initiative

Santa Fe YouthWorks

Shasta College BAITS Division

Sipp Culture

Southerly

Southern Regional Education Board

Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative

Southwest Rural Health Research Center

Springboard for the Arts

Takoma Peak Solution

The Daily Yonder

The Dinner Party

The Ford Family Foundation – COVID Study

The On Being Project

Thrive Rural

Univerity of Texas

University of Kentucky

USDA

Walker River Paiute Tribe

We Can’t Wait

Welcoming America

White House Office of Public Engagement

White Street Market

Women for the Land

Individuals

Abby Kiesa

Alan Richard

Alex Sharp

Ali Webb

Alison Grubbs

Aliyah Chavez

Allen Stanton

Amy Hayden

Andrea Martinez

Angie Koontz

Anna Clausen

Anna Sullivan

Anthony Flaccavento

Art Kimball

Ashley Hanson

Austin Sauerbrei

Becky Roe

Bethany Lacktorin

Bobby Wilson

Brenda Kirk

Brittany Jackson Brown

Carla Ocadiz, LUPE

Carmen Urbina Oberton

Carmina Taylor

Carlton Turner

Carol Blackmon

Chairman Amber Torres (Walker River Paiute Tribe)

Christa Yoakum

Claire Brown

Cynthia McCowen

Danielle Allen

David Kennedy

Diana Oestreich

Dominic Facio

Dr. Patricia Waters

Dr. Taylor Williams

Dwight Langhum

Edyael Casaperalta

Eliza Blue

Eric Liu

Erickson Blakney

Exodus Oktavia Brownlow

Jace Charger

Jacqueline Dandeneau, Arcata Playhouse

Jennifer Bailey

Jessica Shelton

Jonathan Blair

Jonathan Schwantes

Julie Rae Powers

Justin King

Kaitlin Brown

Kara Johnson, Heart of Oregon

Kathleen Moxon

Katie Myers

Kelby Greene

Kelsey Scott

Kendall Guthrie

Kendra Pospychalla

Kenny Andejeski

Kimberly Phinney

Laura Terech

Lennon Flowers

Leslie Arnold

Ligia Cravo

Linda Long

Liv Cook

Loka Ashwood

Lovely Dhillon

Lyndsie Bourgon

Marci Penner

Maria Givens

Mary Sketch

Melody Warnick

Michael Sack

Michele Anderson

Nancy Teller

Neema Avashia

Nhatt Nichols

Nick Fouriezos

Norma Flores Lopez

Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald

Pearce Godwin

Phoebe Wagner

Rachel Moore

Robert Wisdom

Sen. Robert L. Jackson

Saadia Qureshi

Sam Ball

Sam Schimmel

Sandra Kern Mollman

Sarah Moynihan

Sarah Scannell

Scott Keoni Shigeoka

Individuals

Shirley Sneve

Skylar Baker-Jordan

Starre Haas

Stephen Dick

Stephen Gong

Teri Carter

Tiana Spotted Thunder

Tim Lampkin

Tony Pipa

Trista Harris

Uma Viswanathan

Valeria Rodriguez

Valerie Horn

Vant Hardaway

William Frank

Xochitl Torres Small

Save the Date: Rural Assembly Everywhere: Nurturing Thriving Communities

May 7, 2024 No Comments

We are excited to announce the upcoming Rural Assembly Everywhere 2024 event, focusing on nurturing thriving communities.

Are we American? Are we border people?

May 1, 2024 No Comments

The Rural Assembly’s Taneum Fotheringill shares insight. from story circles held in the Rio Grande Valley.

Drawing Resilience: Lissette Garay

April 24, 2024 No Comments

Lissette Garay is a Michelin-trained Chef specializing in traditional Mexican cooking techniques. She and her wife Cassandra Garay own La Cocina, a restaurant in Port Townsend, Wa. Lissette has been working with the Organic Seed Alliance to create a type of masa corn for tortillas that will grow in the short daylight season of the Pacific Northwest. After years of research, the Garay’s and their staff are finally planting their first crop. Their dream is to make corn tortillas for their community with the smallest possible footprint, while creating jobs for local farmers and cooks.

Lessons of Hope and Inspiration from an RGV Classroom

April 18, 2024 No Comments

A visit to two classrooms in the Rio Grande Valley reveals optimism, fortitude, and tenacity, writes Rural Assembly Deputy Director Libby Lane.

Whitney Kimball Coe on stage at University of Chicago

Watch: Our Fraying Common Purpose: Rebuilding Democracy One Neighborhood at a Time

April 18, 2024 No Comments

Watch: Our Fraying Common Purpose: Rebuilding Democracy One Neighborhood at a Time, featuring Whitney Kimball Coe in conversation with Stephen Heintz, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Michael Smith, CEO of AmeriCorps, for “Our Fraying Common Purpose: Rebuilding Democracy One Neighborhood at a Time at UChicago Institute of Politics’ Bridging the Divide: Forging the Ties between Urban and Rural America conference.

Rio Grande reflections

April 10, 2024 No Comments

Taneum Fotheringill shares her reflections on traveling to the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas — and how it changed her understanding of a region often misunderstood by outsiders.