Rural Narratives

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INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY (ICT)

ICT

ICT is a spacious channel that serves Indigenous communities with news, entertainment, and opinion. ICT is an independent, nonprofit, multimedia news enterprise.

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Ten Podcasts Focused on Rural Community and Economic Development

Check out our roundup of ten podcasts highlighting important issues about and to rural communities and Native nations.

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How to Fund Narrative Ecosystems

NPQ

How can philanthropy effectively support narratives of liberation? This blog shares some implications for the practice of grantmaking and capacity building.

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Messaging Resources for Equity

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

RWJF created several resources to help talk about issues of health equity and structural racism in health.

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Changing the Narrative

NBC News

NBC News explores how individuals and communities are coming together to overcome a history of racial trauma and inequity and how all communities can support racial healing.

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Othering and Belonging Resource Page

Othering and Belonging Institute

The Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley advances groundbreaking approaches to transforming structural marginalization and inequality.

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THE RURAL APERTURE PROJECT: LEVERAGING DATA TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS INTO RURAL AMERICA

Center On Rural Innovation

Insights on how we can promote accurate rural narratives and increase local media to build trust and new relationships across geography.

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Language & Learning Resource for Non-Indigenous People

Native Americans in Philanthropy

Language matters; the words we use carry power. This resource is for those who wish to expand their understanding of Indigenous communities and how they intersect with the philanthropic sector.

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Rural and Native Celebrations of the LGBTQ+ Community

A collection of rural, queer organizations and stories about rural communities and Native nations celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Explore these moments to learn more about how queer people are celebrated in rural spaces. 

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Rural Policy Resources

A collection of resources provided by the Brookings Institution emerging from their rural research.

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Moving Mindsets: How to Shape a Strategy

Frameworks

Want to change hearts and minds? Shift policy? Bring about structural change? It starts with knowing what mindsets are—and aren’t—and what it takes to shift them.

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THE DAILY YONDER

The Daily Yonder

The Daily Yonder provides news, commentary, and analysis about and for rural America. It is published by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Rural Strategies.