Please join us for AEO’s first annual Rural Summit on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Anaheim, California, the same location as the
National Summit on Entrepreneurship.
Whether you are working in microenterprise development, Buy Local efforts, Main Street revitalization projects, rural economic development, green business initiatives, cultural and heritage initiatives, sustainable tourism or agriculture, AEO’s Rural Summit is the perfect opportunity to exchange ideas, be inspired, and expand your network.
The Summit will feature
keynote speakers, plenaries, work groups, and
knowledge-building sessions. We will showcase initiatives that share in the practice of grassroots empowerment; offer sessions that are instructional and conversational; engage rural funders in a discussion about their interests and feedback on the issues raised during the Rural Summit; and facilitate ‘action groups’ on rural messaging and a rural policy agenda for the 2008 elections.
Join us as we take this first - but not last - step in engaging rural activists for the betterment of our rural communities, identifying the intersections and opportunities for collaboration, and enhancing and advancing our mutual work.
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AEO is currently accepting support for scholarships to help rural practitioners attend the event. For more information, contact
Natalie Woodroofe.
