Rural Knowledge Center

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

Four Principles for Fostering Community Well-Being with Asset-Based Development

Insights and recommendations to foster rural & Indigenous well-being with asset based development.

Community and Economic Development Topics

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Using Relational Leadership to Build Power Together

This short case study has insights and tips on how communities that have been historically and systematically excluded can develop authentic and effective leadership that builds power to challenge the status quo.

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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

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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After a Brief Pandemic Reprieve, Rural Workers Return to Life Without Paid Leave

The Daily Yonder

Rural workers are less likely to receive paid time off than their urban counterparts, making it harder to care for themselves or loved ones.

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Housing Justice Narrative Toolkit

At Aspen CSG, we recognize that how we tell stories about housing matters as much as the facts we share....

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HOUSING JUSTICE NARRATIVE TOOLKIT

PolicyLink

The PolicyLink Housing Justice Narrative Initiative’s toolkit offers a scaffolding for us to stay centered in the future we are reimagining. It supports our ability to speak to a base of individuals most aligned with housing justice—the anti-racist and persuadable base—in ways which are authentic and that they can hear.

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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.

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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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Rural & Indigenous Leadership for Opportunity Youth

Takeaways from the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions fall convening valuable for equitable rural development