In rural areas, infrastructure developments and access to high speed internet. From the Brookings Institution, this is an hour and 15 minutes. Your fellow for sustainable at the Brookings Institute and the u. S. Prosperity in the biden administration. Thank you for taking your time out of your busy schedules to join us and as the conversationen folds we encourage you to engage on social media. And today were honored to have the secretary agriculture, Tom Vilsack, in conversation. And continue with a Panel Discussion among alejandro castillo in the Commerce Department and from communities unlimited and the director of initiatives at a university. Immediately after election, mr. Biden made a commitment as he seeks economic recovery from the covid19 pandemic, Rural America would not be left behind. Rural america sees powers and protection our nation disproportionate to other nations. And participation in rural areas havent recovered to pre2008 Recession Level even before covid19 hit. Whil
#reimagineworld. for today s program we re honored to have the secretary of agriculture thomas vilsack, who will be in conversation with new york times columnist nick kristof and then privilege to continue with a panel discussion among alejandra ka see it yo, assistant secretary at department of commerce, and enes felonious, ceo communities unlimited and connie stewart, executive director of initiatives at humboldt state university. immediately after his election president biden made a public statement as he seeks recovery from the covid-19 pandemic, rural america would not be left behind. rural america heeds powers and perfects our nation disproportionate to others, but employment and prime age labor force arpgs in rural areas still aren t recovered to pre-2008 recession levels even before covid-19 hit. while others recovered and grown. this geographic divergence, some call it regional or spatial inequality has been a feature over the recent past as our economy become more
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