Facebook-f Twitter Youtube Instagram Spotify Tiktok
Whitney Kimball Coe on stage at University of Chicago
Whitney Kimball Coe, center, on stage with  Stephen Heintz, Rockefeller Brothers Fund (lef) and Michael Smith, CEO of AmeriCorps (right). 

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

Rural Assembly Director Whitney Kimball Coe joined 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. The panel was moderated by Executive Director Zeenat Rahman.

The conference, held April 10-12, 2024 on the University of Chicago campus, featured a lineup of rural and urban thinkers and leaders to discuss issues around democracy, climate, food systems, news media, and more. All of the sessions can be accessed on the UChicago Institute of Politics Youtube channel.  

Get the Rural Assembly in your inbox to hear about future gatherings, opportunities from our friends in the field, and more. Subscribe here. 

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.

Read More »
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.

Read More »

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.

Read More »