Overcoming the Rural-Urban Divide: A Training for Indivisible June 15 & 22

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Overcoming the Rural-Urban Divide: A Training for Indivisible June 15 & 22

Learn about the underlying causes of rural-urban division and effective strategies for overcoming mistrust and healing the divide.

By Rural Urban Bridge Initiative

Date and time

June 15, 2022 · 4pm - June 22, 2022 · 5:15pm PDT

Location

Online

About this event

The training provides insights from leading thinkers and activists about:

• The five underlying causes of the rural urban divide

• How liberals, progressives and Democrats unwittingly contribute to the divide

• How to communicate in rural places and across the divide

• Effective strategies for community engagement and overcoming mistrust

• Examples of progressive economic development in rural communities and how policy helps or hinders this

Presenters:

Anthony Flaccavento, VA-9 congressional candidate, farmer and author of Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up and the Rural Urban Divide Guidebook

Cynthia Wallace, Co-Founder and Executive Director, New Rural Project, former Democratic candidate for Congress (NC-9)

Erica Etelson, author of Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide

Organized by

Rural Urban Bridge Initiative

The Rural Urban Bridge Initiative develops political, economic and communications strategies that build bridges and serve the common interests of working and middle class Americans.

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