Rural Assembly Everywhere will be free and livecast May 10-12, with talks on farming, politics, book bans and more - Entrepreneur Generations

The Rural Assembly's free annual conference, Rural Assembly Everywhere, will be livecast online this year from May 10-12, The Daily Yonder reports. The conference will feature conversations with local and national rural and Native American leaders, including:

• Neema Avashia, author of Another Appalachia: Growing up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place.
• YouTube social and political commentator Justin King of "Beau of the Fifth Column."
• Xochitl Torres Small, the Agriculture Department's undersecretary for Rural Development.
• Residents of McMinn County, Tennessee, who are advocating for intellectual freedom after the banning of the graphic novel Maus in their school district.
• Small farmers discussing food democratization.
• Nonprofit Welcoming America hosting a conversation on building welcoming communities. The discussion will feature three female leaders from diverse backgrounds in Nebraska who will share their journeys to "build stronger connections between immigrant and non-immigrant communities, fight against divisive rhetoric, and ensure that inclusive policy is the norm in their communities."

The Rural Assembly, like the Yonder, is a program of The Center for Rural Strategies, and is "a nationwide movement striving to build better policy and more opportunity for rural communities across the country," according to the event announcement. Click here for more details or to register.

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