👋Hi from the Second Rural Progress Summit!

During the OCP Summit, we will hear from incredible speakers on key issues including rural health care, affordable housing crisis in rural America, keeping American democracy safe, the next Farm Bill, and more.

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Day 1 Highlights:

*
Thought
leaders
and
industry
insiders,
including
White
House
Senior
Advisor
Mitch
Landrieu,
Comcast's
Tuck
Rainwater,
and
Reshoring
Initiative's
Harry
Moser
discussed
the
impact
of
the
Infrastructure
Law,
American
Rescue
Plan,
CHIPs
Act,
and
Inflation
Reduction
Act
on
rural
America.
*
Impact
Social
led
an
illuminating
talk
about
how
social
media
in
rural
versus
urban
areas
reveal
differing
perceptions
of
Americans'
finances.
*
OCP
founder,
Heidi
Heitkamp,
spoke
with
NARAL's
Angela
Vasquez-Giroux
and
Lincoln
Park
Strategies
President
Stefan
Hankin
about
how
the
reversal
of
Roe
v.
Wade
is
impacting
rural
healthcare.
*
OCP
board
members
Rep.
Anthony
Daniels
(D-AL),
Rep.
Ashton
Clemmons
(D-NC),
and
Rep.
J.D.
Scholten
(D-IA)
joined
Rep.
Josh
Boschee
(D-ND),
Rep.
Adam
Zabner
(D-IA),
and
State
Sen.
Grant
Hauschild
(D-MN)
to
discuss
how
state
politics
and
elections
shape
the
safety
and
future
of
rural
areas.
*
Two-time
Emmy-nominated
director
and
executive
producer
Eternal
Polk
joined
OCP
to
give
a
keynote
address
on
his
film,
Gaining
Ground:
The
Fight
for
Black
Land
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,
which
examines
how
Black
Americans
lost
of
millions
of
acres
of
farmland
due
to
the
Heirs'
Property
law,
and
how
landowners
are
reclaiming
their
agricultural
legacy
to
create
paths
to
generational
wealth.

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Tomorrow, the dialogue continues with Audra Mulkern. Audra is changing the way we see the people who grow our food. She founded “The Female Farmer Project™” – a multi-platform and award winning documentary project that chronicles the rise of women working in agriculture around the world. From in-depth stories, personal essays, photographic portraits, a podcast and actively working to pass legislation on behalf of farmers and farmworkers -- the project gives a powerful voice to the fastest growing demographic in agriculture-- the female farmer. Audra is a James Beard nominee, writer, photographer, TEDx and international keynote speaker.

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