The Daily Yonder Rural Assembly Everywhere Will Focus on Repairing Relationships and Infrastructure Two days of online interactions will feature White House policy official Susan Rice, U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, and a wide range of artists, performers, policy experts, and more.
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Rural Assembly Everywhere returns April 20-21 with a diverse slate of national and local leaders, rural experts, artists, and civic organizers, including Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice.
The free, two-day virtual conference will focus on how to repair a divisive and hurting nation.
The theme “Road to Repair” is a response to questions about how we build a nation that serves all and to calls for unity and repair, said Whitney Kimball Coe, director of the Rural Assembly, which presents the conference.
The Daily Yonder Can the Power of Storytelling Unify a Divided America? And what do Star Wars, Dolly Parton, and Jackbox Games have to do with it? Listen to the latest episode of our new podcast, Everywhere Radio, to find out.
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What do the Jedi Knights of Star Wars and real-life storytellers have in common? And how can a country as divided as ours agree on, well, anything? This week’s guests on
Everywhere Radio have some answers and ideas.
Kiran Singh Sirah, the president of the International Storytelling Center, and Harry Gottlieb, the founder of Jackbox Games and Unify America, joined host Whitney Kimball Coe this week to talk about the radical gift of storytelling. From the Appalachian tradition of porch-sitting to the newer practice of using video calls to connect with strangers around the country, storytelling shapes our understanding of ourselves, our relationship with others, and our place in the world.
The Daily Yonder Margaret Renkl to Speak at Rural Assembly Everywhere this April The New York Times contributing author will talk about the changing South, how to overcome our divisions, and her latest book.
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Award-winning essayist Margaret Renkl will join Rural Assembly Everywhere as the first keynote speaker at the two-day virtual festival this April.
Renkl and the Rural Assembly’s Whitney Kimball Coe will discuss the shifting culture and demographics in the South, how we stay connected to one another in this time of deep division, and Renkl’s 2019 essay collection “Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss.”