The Rural Visibility Project

The Rural Visibility Project is a yearlong campaign designed to center rural priorities through community-driven dialogue between local, state, and regional entities.

This organizing strategy, powered by rural people and structured around monthly themes, shifts public attention to the realities, concerns, and possibilities that matter in the places we call home.

How YOU Can Participate in the Rural Visibility Project

Issue Leaders: Issue Leaders are individuals and representatives of organizations that have knowledge and expertise on a monthly topic. They will:

Co-host the culminating virtual conversation event (including design and implementation)
Decide what topics and focuses we will highlight
Help identify what key questions or needs exist
Provide data and share information on key events related to the monthly topic
Showcase success stories and discuss solutions that have worked and failed
Support RDI in identifying and engaging local storytellers, key players, and policy makers
Lead information sharing on social media – posting 2 times a week on the monthly topic
Co-host the culminating virtual conversation event (including design and implementation)

Rural Champions: A rural champion is anyone who lives, serves, or supports rural areas and is interested in learning more about a specific monthly topic while helping spread related information online to others in their network. They also have opportunities to engage with others who care about the same topics throughout the year. Rural Champions are highly encouraged to attend informational sessions for their topic month of choice: these virtual sessions will be scheduled three weeks prior to the start of each month.