Funding Rural Futures: Call to Action
What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?
Rural Knowledge Center
Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners
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Advancing the Next Generation of Rural and Indigenous Leaders
Feb. 10th, 2023, 1PM
How is your community thinking and acting on the issue of next generation leadership?
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Translating Federal Opportunities into Local Resources: Ada Jobs Foundation
This short case study has insights and tips on how rural communities with limited staffing and resources can understand, prepare for, and compete for finite federal funds.
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Housing Justice Narrative Toolkit
The PolicyLink Housing Justice Narrative Initiative’s toolkit offers a scaffolding for us to stay centered in the future we are...
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Building on a Legacy of Community Resilience in Sunflower County, Mississippi
Brookings Institution
In a podcast episode, Brookings Senior Fellow Tony Pipa visits two towns in Sunflower County, Mississippi, to hear how local leaders and homecomers—those returning to their rural hometowns—describe their efforts to build communities where people want to live. They highlight the role of beauty and leisure in achieving their visions.
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Who Lives in Rural America? The Geography of Rural Race and Ethnicity
Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)
How are racial and ethnic groups distributed across rural America? What are the historical factors that have influenced the current geography? Learn more about who lives in rural America from CORI’s Rural Aperture Project.
Case Study
Broadening Authentic Leadership: Student Action with Farmworkers
This short case study has insights and suggestions for how rural-serving organizations can effectively welcome and truly empower leaders from all backgrounds.
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A Conversation with NEF about Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Preservation, and Workforce Housing
Rural LISC
In a webinar organized by Rural LISC, experts from the National Equity Fund provide an update on tax credit pricing and what makes a rural tax credit project attractive to investors.
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Reflecting on our Language: Stakeholder
UT Health Houston
Stakeholder is a term that is ubiquitous in public health research, but is it an innocuous term? The word actually has a colorful past that is offensive to certain populations, particularly indigenous communities.
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Lessons from the Field: Rural & Indigenous Leadership for Opportunity Youth
Takeaways from the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions fall convening valuable for equitable rural development
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Promoting Health Equity in Rural Communities
ChangeLab Solutions
Health equity in rural areas demands acknowledgment of racial diversity and past injustices. Engaging communities and building local partnerships are key when developing policy to address disparities in rural health. ChangeLab Solutions discusses lessons they have learned that can benefit policymakers and partners seeking to address health equity.
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Ensuring Rural Communities Welcome Everyone
Resources and best practices to ensure that each and every person is welcomed to the community, feels connected, and is able to exercise and influence power in community decision-making.
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Developing a Resilient Downtown in Globe, Arizona
Brookings Institution
In a podcast episode, Brookings Senior Fellow Tony Pipa speaks with residents who have moved back to the boom-and-bust copper mining town of Globe, Arizona, to revitalize its historic district.