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An important story from the border by our friend Kent Patterson - http://elchuqueno.com/the-bridge-of-stones-a-migrant-christmas-story/

THE BRIDGE OF STONES: A MIGRANT CHRISTMAS STORY – El Chuqueño By Kent Paterson Carefully treading a crossing of slippery stones strung across the shallow Rio Grande between Ciudad Juárez and

Nothing grows from the top down.

In the past year, our grassroots community based members have demonstrated the power of cooperation to get things done. With our member group Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, we reached over 200 of the nation’s most vulnerable rural communities with life saving vaccines. Fifteen Rural Co member groups held over 1,000 events, reaching over 400,000 people directly and almost 1.4 million by all means. With our sister organizations, we fought for (and won) debt payment and discrimination financial assistance. We did this in the face of litigation that sought to halt the critical kind of aid the farmers we serve really need after decades of exclusions.

On , your support is vital to continue and build this work from the grassroots up.

We have a big year ahead as we celebrate our 45th year. We are deeply grateful for your continued support for our unique and deeply rooted Coalition. Together we have power to build the future our wide network of rural members envision for their communities.

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Recognizing those who participated in the 1,103 mile "Walk to Justice" to at yesterday's rally in Washington D.C.

Leonard Peltier’s words and statement read in Washington DC at the Walk to Justice closing 🙏🏽

Join Rural Coalition tomorrow, Sunday November 12 for the march and rally for Justice and Freedom for Leonard Peltier! with Lisa Bellanger

🦅WASHINGTON DC-NOV 13TH🦅

Leonard Peltier's Walk to Justice has arrived here in the nation's capitol- Rally at the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow (Sunday) at 2 PM.

It's long past time to Peltier. Join the walkers who have come all the way from Minneapolis as they 's release.

Join us tomorrow!

To celebrate Mother Earth Day we will be hosting a talk about compost with our sisters from Alianza Nacional De Campesinas. We will also be diving into our connection with the earth, discussing healing the planet and healing ourselves.

The talk will start at 6pm EST, April 22. Register here: https://buff.ly/3xBlQBe

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Celebración Dia de la Madre Tierra: Platica Sobre Composta / Earth Day Celebration: Talk About Compost. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Para celebrar el Día de la Madre Tierra tendremos una platica sobre la composta, qué es, cómo se prepara y las diferentes formas de usarla. Tambien hablaremos sobre la conexión entre sanando la tierra y sanando a nosotras mismas. (Habra interpretacion simultanea) /To celebrate Earth Day, we will...

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Greetings to our organizational members and allies - Please join Rural Coalition and Intertribal Agriculture Council and the Native Farm Bill Coalition in supporting the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp as the next General Counsel for USDA- Sign on here by Friday April 23. https://mailchi.mp/indianag.org/updated-sign-on-to-support-janie-simms-hipp-to-be-usda-general-counsel-deadline-extended-to-friday-april-23rd?e=cf96a3135d

Updated - Sign-On to Support Janie Simms Hipp to be USDA General Counsel! Deadline Extended to Friday, April 23rd! We have extended the deadline for the Letter of Support for Janie Simms Hipp to USDA General Counsel to this Friday, April 23rd, 2021.   

We joined over 170 organizations to call for Emergency Relief for Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Farmers and Ranchers!

We urge you to amplify your support and share on social media our press release and letter which you can find here: https://tinyurl.com/c9b2te3j

View our full letter here:
https://tinyurl.com/2xu3x2vw

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We send our condolences and join with our sister Jane Sapp and the Sapp family in celebrated the incredible life our dear brother Hubert Sapp. He is our Rural Coalition Chairperson Emeritus who led us through our resurrection in the early 1990's. He was also strong supporter of many other important organizations, including Rural Development Leadership Network. Tonight and tomorrow his family gathers and we ask you to be with them in spirit. Rest in peace and power, dear Hubert!🙏🏾❤️

We stand in Solidarity with the farmers and farmworkers of India!

US farmer groups deliver solidarity statement to Indian farmers Signatories, however, concerned by several additional factors not included in this statement Eighty-seven farmer organisations and allied agroecology, farm and food justice groups in the United States delivered a solidarity statement in support of Indian farmers' historic protests to Samyukta Kisan....

Thanks to the Vets of Continue To Serve for taking action DC after the insurrection, including McPherson Square, one block from where we work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/01/14/vets-clean-up-capitol-seige/

Upset by veterans who stormed the Capitol, these vets decided to clean up trash the mob left on the streets of D.C. “That was a dagger to the heart,” said veteran David Smith about his fellow vets who participated in the insurrection.

We joined over 80 organizations calling on President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris to select U.S. Department of Agriculture leaders who understand how to utilize USDA programs to achieve their goals of racial justice, climate change, and COVID-19 recovery, starting with nominating Native American Agriculture Fund CEO Janie Simms Hipp as Deputy Secretary!

We urge you to amplify your support by endorsing Ms. Hipp and sharing on social media and/or retweeting our thread here: https://twitter.com/RuralCo/status/1341826456238911492

View our press release and full letter here:
https://www.ruralco.org/press-releases/2020/12/23/groups-call-for-usda-leadership-team-ready-to-create-solutions-through-racial-justice-climate-change-and-pandemic-recovery

Read some of the media coverage here:
American Ag Network: https://americanagnetwork.com/2021/01/rural-group-urges-biden-to-pick-well-qualified-diverse-usda-leaders
DRGNews: https://drgnews.com/2021/01/07/rural-group-urges-biden-to-pick-well-qualified-diverse-usda-leaders/

Groups Call for USDA Leadership Team Ready to Create Solutions through Racial Justice, Climate Change, and Pandemic Recovery — The Rural Coalition Washington D.C. – As President-elect Joe Biden selects leaders for his Administration, a coalition of over 70 food and farming organizations are calling on the President-elect and Vice-President-elect to choose USDA mission and agency leaders who deeply understand how to utilize the full range of ...

It's Giving Tuesday!

The heart of the Rural Coalition is our members. From individuals to organizations, all across the country, the Rural Coalition wouldn’t be a community without you!

This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking you as an individual to support our work by renewing or starting a membership with the Rural Coalition.

Your membership contributions allow us to serve you and all of our other groups working to ensure a fair and just agricultural system that amplifies all of our voices.

As a Rural Coalition member, you’ll be invited to participate in our member calls, policy conversations, and our biggest networking and information sharing event of the year, our annual RC Winter Forum.

Your support makes a difference and empowers our collective grassroots work.

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We have SEVEN DAYS until the 2020 general elections! ! Don’t be silenced. Join our Final Week of Actions, and Digital Story-Storm!

RC Action of the Day: Are you engaging your community to Get-Out-the-Vote? Do family and friends have a voting plan? Reach out to 5 to 10 people in your community via text, calling them, or by social media. Ask them:

✅ Are you ready to vote on or before November 3rd?
✅ Have you voted or considered voting early?

Share with Your Folks: Check out strategies from Rural Co communities on Twitter and Instagram, at Rural Coalition on Facebook, and their Website (ruralco.org/vote)

Standing in sorrow with our brothers and sisters of WeAct and the family of Cecil Corbin Mark, and all who love and were inspired by his kindness, his wisdom and his dedication to environmental justice. To honor his life, we share WeAct's words: We ask that you all take a moment and reflect on the magnificent life of Cecil Corbin-Mark. Celebrate the individual, and his body of work. The bills passed, and the people mentored. Remember his laughter, and his smile. And then follow in his footsteps, fearlessly fighting to protect and uplift the health and well-being of frontline communities. Honor his memory by continuing to battle environmental racism and champion health and justice for all. Rest in power! Love never ends.

It is with tremendous grief and sadness that we share the loss of our friend and colleague Cecil Corbin-Mark, the Deputy Director and Director of Policy Initiatives at WE ACT for Environmental Justice. Having suffered a stroke, Cecil was hospitalized in critical condition until the evening of October 15, when he passed on with his family by his side.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Cecil and his family. He is survived by his Mother Winnifred Corbin, his second Mother Merlyn Corbin, his father Luces Mark, his Godson Nigel Holder, and other family members. We will share information regarding the memorial and funeral services as they become available.

It cannot be overstated what a painful loss this is to both WE ACT and the environmental justice movement. He joined our organization in its infancy, and over the next 26 years grew to become one of the most recognized and respected leaders in the movement. His leadership and advocacy improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, not just in Harlem but all across the country.

We ask that you all take a moment and reflect on the magnificent life of Cecil Corbin-Mark. Celebrate the individual, and his body of work. The bills passed, and the people mentored. Remember his laughter, and his smile. And then follow in his footsteps, fearlessly fighting to protect and uplift the health and well-being of frontline communities. Honor his memory by continuing to battle environmental racism and champion health and justice for all.

https://www.weact.org/2020/10/we-act-update/

starting in a few minutes - see link here or find it on AXS tv (Channel 569 on FIOS in the DC area)

Farm Aid 2020 On the Road Live Stream on September 26 Farm Aid will mark its 35th anniversary with a virtual at-home festival experience. Farm Aid 2020 On the Road will take place on Saturday, Sept. 26, starting...

As we near the end of our Week of Action, let’s continue to uplift our message for pandemic relief for the food, farm, and fish systems and for rural and immigrant communities. Help make our voices heard by joining us today in our Tweetstorm from 1-3 PM ET.

Checkout our Tweetstorm page below to access draft tweets, graphics, and further information. Don't forget to use the hashtag Happy Tweeting!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DDfsd-tWIlbwtjHWARKGGjpPyYrBWF5mXPhlOBCa80M/edit?usp=sharing

"When we train our police as soldiers, we, the public, become the enemy."

Video by Jaime Chavez, RC National Field Organizer, and Arnold Trujillo about the protest in Albuquerque, New Mexico to remove a statue which honors conquistador Don Juan de Oñate, following nationwide protests regarding statues that some regard as heroes and are objectionable to others. A protestor was shot twice and fortunately survived. The statue was later removed by the city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgjJt8LQZDI

A Trujillo Production This protest took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico to remove a statue which honors a conquistador Don Juan de Oñate that many consider offensive . The statue...

How can workers be safe if we can’t hold our employers accountable? It’s time for the Senate to pass S. 3677

Muscogee (Creek) Nation statement regarding U.S. Supreme Court decision – Muscogee (Creek) Nation Muscogee (Creek) Nation statement regarding U.S. Supreme Court decision July 9, 2020 Mvskokeuser Article, News Release For Immediate Release July 9, 2020 OKMULGEE, Oklahoma — The Muscogee (Creek) Nation issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision on McGirt v. Oklahoma:...

We will be looking to read and share this opinion, but it is hugely significant!

Supreme Court rules that large swath of Oklahoma belongs to Indian reservation The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a large swath of Oklahoma belongs to Native American tribes in a huge win for a reservation that challenged the state's authority to prosecute crimes on its land.