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How the Rural New Deal Could Shake up National Politics & Support Strong Rural Communities

By Cody Lonning, Anthony Flaccavento, Alan Minsky, and Marilyn Wrenn - Rural Urban Bridge Initiative, October 5, 2023

On September 12th the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative and Progressive Democrats of America jointly released the Rural New Deal, a wide-ranging template for transformative federal action that would spur investment in bottom-up approaches to building rural prosperity and turn back corporate concentration and control. While the Rural New Deal is broad in scope, it is grounded in community-based strategies that work. On Wednesday, October 4 th at 4pm Eastern, join RUBI co-founder, Cody Lonning as he discusses the RND with the primary authors, Anthony Flaccavento of RUBI and Alan Minsky, Director of Progressive Democrats of America, along with Marilyn Wrenn from Coalfield Development utilizing some of the strategies the document recommends.

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