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So much positive action in last few weeks and months around re-envisioning rural narratives and policy, motivated by conviction that rural people and places matter. Want to be inspired? Read this thread and add what I've missed!
Lots of #rural myth-busting going on. I'm happy to contribute. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/debunking-three-myths-about-rural-america
Challenging how we communicate and report on #rural people and places in the media, by @AspenCSG @RuralHome @RuralStrategies https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/revealing-rural-realities/
A new initiative to invite the voices of #rural youth to tell the stories of their hometowns calling Coming Home: Stories from Main Street, a collaboration of @RCAPInc and @smithsonian https://museumonmainstreet.org/ComingHome
A close examination and reimagining of our national policy structure for rural development, by @anthonypipa and Natalie Geismar @BrookingsInst (the figure alone is worth a look!) https://www.brookings.edu/research/reimagining-rural-policy-organizing-federal-assistance-to-maximize-rural-prosperity/
Calls by researchers for addressing fundamental #rural needs for broadband, local government supports, food security, racial justice, and an end to poverty. https://theconversation.com/5-ways-biden-can-help-rural-america-thrive-and-bridge-the-rural-urban-divide-150610
A review of clear evidence connecting #healthequity to the ability to access quality and affordable #rural housing, water, and food by @TheAmandaGold, @jmoralesburnett and myself. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/improve-rural-health-equity-invest-housing-water-and-food-access
And some have called for a national office on rural prosperity to coordinate federal agency responsibilities to #rural America https://www.stormlake.com/articles/joe-biden-should-pledge-to-create-a-national-office-of-rural-prosperity/
Meanwhile practitioners and collaborations are hard at work improving #rural economic mobility and racial justice, like @PfRTorg Partners @RCACorg @CommunitiesU @Faheonline @HopeCreditUnion @Hope_Enterprise @CDCBcdcb @Oweesta
So much I'm sure I've missed on recent #rural research and calls to policy reform and action. Please add to this thread!
