Right now, through the Biden Jobs Plan, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fight income inequality and grow prosperity in small towns and rural communities. But unless there is broad support for these development programs, there is a real possibility that they’ll be cut during negotiations with Republicans. [...]
This holiday season, RuralOrganizing.org launched a digital campaign to fight back against the Trump Administration's changes to SNAP. To date, nearly 80,000 people have taken action in our campaign—and were just getting started. [...]
We believe that we must honor ALL farmers and farm workers who feed America by creating a way for undocumented agricultural workers to apply for citizenship. [...]
Congress must promote mental health awareness in rural America and pass the "Seeding Rural Resilience Act," a bipartisan bill in the Senate recently introduced by Senators Jon Tester (D-Montana) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to curb the rising rates of mental health issues and suicides in rural Ame [...]
We're holding a launch party on November 11, 2019 in Sioux Center, Iowa. Join us for some free pizza and a short reception between 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM. The concert—featuring Che Apalache and The Ruralists—starts at 6 PM and will go until 8 PM or so. [...]