Description: Rural advocates identify priority legislation and executive action that supports working families and strengthens rural communities.
Working together, we can build an economy from the bottom up and middle out, not the top down. We can build an economy that doesn’t leave rural communities behind. And we can end an era of unrestrained corporate power, level the playing field, and ensure people have the power to set a course toward clean air and water, better health, and a more prosperous future for everyone. Explore Our Policy Priorities Freedom & end discrimination Read more *Photo by Mike Kane, courtesy of RuralOrganizing.org Education F
Rural leaders and advocates gathered in Des Moines for the 2025 Rural Policy Action Summit. Working together, we can build an economy from the bottom up and middle out, not the top down. We can build an economy that doesn’t leave rural communities behind. And we can end an era of unrestrained corporate power, level the playing field, and ensure people have the power to set a course toward clean air and water, better health, and a more prosperous future for everyone.
Congress shut down the government rather than pass a budget that extends affordable health care. We’re facing a double crisis: Congress has disrupted vital services, and millions of Americans are on track to have their health care costs skyrocket.