**CivicSpace Virtual Roundtable: Bridging Rural and Urban Communities**
CivicSpace, a New America Chicago initiative, presents a virtual roundtable focused on finding common ground and powerbuilding across rural and urban spaces. This discussion will explore how rural and urban communities can better understand one another and work together to address shared civic challenges.
The roundtable will feature a moderated dialogue, followed by an opportunity for questions from the audience. While rural and urban communities are often viewed as culturally and politically opposed, many face parallel struggles such as underinvestment in public infrastructure, unequal access to public services, weakened democratic institutions, and exclusion from policy processes.
Despite these shared challenges, there are few spaces where rural and urban leaders can come together to explore common ground, exchange experiences, and uncover shared priorities. This roundtable aims to fill that gap and foster meaningful connections.
**Speakers:**
– **Daniel Ash**, Executive Director of the Field Foundation
– **Loka Ashwood**, Sociologist and MacArthur Fellow
– **Catherine Coleman Flowers**, Founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ) and MacArthur Fellow
Join us for this important conversation and be part of building stronger, more connected communities.
https://www.newamerica.org/chicago/events/a-civicspace-conversation-on-rural-urban-powerbuilding/
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