It's a wrap for Day 2 of the 2023 Rural Progress Summit!
Today, we heard a keynote address by Audra Mulkern [[link removed]] discussing the role of women farmers, the emerging awareness of diversity in the farming community, and her documentary Women's Work: The Story of America's Female Farmers .
We also examined rural America’s affordable housing crisis [[link removed]] , delivering rural healthcare [[link removed]] , paid family leave policy [[link removed]] , and the next Farm Bill [[link removed]] .
There's still time to RSVP for Day 3 of the Second Rural Progress Summit. [[link removed]?] Here's our agenda for tomorrow:
- How do we Keep our Democracy Safe? With Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Nancy Wang of Voters Not Politicians, Danielle Allen from Harvard University, and David Daley from Fair Vote.
- Protecting Our Elections with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski.
- A Keynote Address from author David Pepper with North Carolina Rep. Ashton Clemmons.
- Previewing the 2024 Presidential Election with The xxxxxx’s Tim Miller, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, and Jonathan Kott of Capitol Counsel.
- The Shifting Partisan Balance in Rural America with Forbes Tate Partners’s Doug Usher and Alabama’s Rep. Anthony Daniels.
- The Future of Media in Rural America with Indian Country Today’s Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Joel Heitkamp of KFGO and The Mighty 790, Pat Krietlow from UpNorthNews, and Iowa’s Rep. J.D. Scholten.
Don't miss any more of the action. Join us! [[link removed]?]
Tessa Gould
Executive Director, One Country Project
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