The Rural Policy Research Institute provides nonpartisan, research-based analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural communities.
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“What we have found is that it’s really difficult to hate someone you’ve had deep, meaningful, transformative experiences with—and whose community you’ve really come to
July 6, 2017 – July 7, 2017 View Agenda View Workshop Information
June 29, 2017 – June 30, 2017 View Agenda View Workshop Information
June 28, 2017 Join us for this Next Generation Digital Exchange Webinar discussing focused on integrating community health with arts and culture in rural regions.
Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) to the Delta Regional Authority Creative Placemaking Workshops in June and July 2017.
June 26, 2017 – June 27, 2017 View Agenda View Workshop Information
African-American influence in American music is widely evident. We know this all too well in the Mississippi River Delta region, where the Blues that were
The RUPRI Health Panel describes opportunities for rural communities to develop a high-performance rural health system after hospital closure, including three case studies that describe real-world transitions
May 25, 2017 View Hearing
This statement discusses the structural challenges in the current agricultural economy and how farm programs address the challenges facing farms as well as the structural
Rural Policy Research Institute
The University of Iowa
College of Public Health
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