Rural Knowledge Center

Rural Resources, Insights, and Collaborations by Aspen CSG and Partners

Collaborative Strategies for Rural Health & Economic Prosperity

Insights and recommendations to do rural development and rural health differently—moving collectively toward equitable rural development with projects grounded in place and a people-centered vision of community impact.

Community and Economic Development Topics

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RECLAIMING NATIVE TRUTH

Reclaiming Native Truth

Reclaiming Native Truth is a national effort to foster cultural, social and policy change by empowering Native Americans to counter discrimination, invisibility and the dominant narratives that limit Native opportunity, access to justice, health and self-determination.

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AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT

American Journalism Project

Local journalism keeps communities informed and holds the powerful accountable. It is the key to an informed citizenry and provides the tools to safeguard a healthy democracy — but the industry is in crisis.

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The Rural Blog

Institute for Rural Journalism

A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, based at the University of Kentucky.

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WHAT’S IN AND WHAT’S OUT IN NATIVE REPRESENTATION

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HOW TO TALK ABOUT RURAL ISSUES

Frameworks Institute

This brief summary highlights FrameWorks Institute’s research on public perceptions of rural issues. See research highlights, recommendations, and examples of framing decisions this research helps to clarify.

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Rural Disaster Preparedness: Partnering for Resilience

Aug. 1st, 2023, 2PM

Join this hybrid event to explore how rural communities can be better prepared and be more resilient so that when disaster strikes, not just the entire community but the entire region can band together and ensure a swift recovery.

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3 LESSONS FROM A STORYTELLING PODCAST

Hattaway Communications

Hattaway Communications interviews Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Tony Pipa on his podcast Reimagine Rural. Tony shares three best practices for challenging negative cultural narratives through storytelling.

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SMALL TALK WITH COMMUNITIES UNLIMITED

Communities Unlimited

Small Talk with Communities Unlimited (CU) is a new podcast for rural communities to help highlight the challenges they face and introduce solutions CU is using to address them.

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NARRATIVE CHANGE

Strengthen ND

Case studies and reports from StrengthenND about narrative change around newcomers to North Dakota

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EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The community development sector mobilizes and invests more than $200 billion in public and private resources to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods that historically have been excluded from opportunity.

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RWJF CULTURE OF HEALTH BLOG

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

It’s time to think differently about investing in rural America and the way we approach health and equity across its diverse communities. New research and resources show the critical connection between health, rural community and economic development.

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RURAL PLAYBOOK

Build Healthy Places

Playbook of rural hospitals pioneering creative partnerships with community development that pave the way for further investments in their communities.