Rural Narratives

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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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Learning Through Convening: Top Conferences for Rural Prosperity

Check out some top conferences focused on advancing equitable rural prosperity.

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REIMAGINE RURAL PODCAST

The Brookings Institution

While the dominant narrative regarding rural America is one of decline and division, “Reimagine Rural” is a new podcast that visits rural towns across the United States that are experiencing positive change and explores how public investment in rural people and places can lead to increased and equitable prosperity.

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Ten Media Sources Focused on Rural Communities and Native Nations

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

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People stand in rural forest. Woman in pink vest has professional camera and records another woman and tree stumps.
Building Trust Through Rural Media

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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Addressing the News: Information Gap in Rural America

Oct. 7th, 2022, 1PM

How is your community thinking and acting on the issue of access to quality news coverage in rural communities and Native nations, as well as building trust and accurate rural narratives through national media?

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BUILDING NARRATIVE POWER FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Nonprofit Quarterly

See slides from BROKE Project which examines the stories people tell about poverty and wealth, and builds new narratives rooted in the wisdom of lived experience, narrative power, organizing for economic justice, and social science.

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CORI Rural Toolkit

Center on Rural Innovation

Looking for a toolkit to inform your rural digital economy ecosystem strategies? Hoping to better visualize the challenges facing rural...

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Rural Aperture Project logo
The Rural Aperture Project – Aspen CSG

The Rural Aperture Project from the Center on Rural Innovation is intended to provide all those advancing rural prosperity — from practitioners...

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Losing Forward: Lessons from Organizing for Narrative Change

NPQ

How can community groups shift narratives? A ballot initiative campaign from 2020 provides some important lessons.

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The Thrive Rural Framework
Thrive Rural Framework Overview

The Thrive Rural Framework is a tool to help you take stock, target action, and gauge progress on rural prosperity.

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Foundational Elements graph and explanation
Thrive Rural Framework: Foundational Element

The Foundational Element of the Thrive Rural Framework requires identifying and dismantling historical and ongoing discriminatory practices that disadvantage rural people and places.