T h e :: R u r a l :: P o r t a l :: P r o j e c t (2020)
January 20, 2020 issue in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who understood the urgency of now:
“This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.”
Bi-monthly newsletter sponsored and published by The Center for U.S. Rural Cultures Studies, an Accelerate Publishing project.
(A special note of appreciation to the Center’s first subscription supporters: to Patty Hart, for the first purchase of a “One Year Full Support” subscription, and to Patrick Lau, for the first purchase of a “One Year Newsletter” subscription. Your belief in the possibilities of the work, backed up with actual support, helps us realize the promises of democracy. Thank you — this first RPP issue is dedicated to you!)
The Rural Portal Project Story, Pt. 1 :: How the Center’s vision and mission grew
“… If we don’t tell strange stories, when something strange happens we won’t believe it.” ~Shannon Hale
Two weeks before 11.8.2016, I moved out of California and into a world flipped upside down. Everything I understood from my…
