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Funding Rural: A podcast that explores how philanthropy can better serve rural and Indigenous communities.
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JT Flowers: Coming Home to Build Community (opens the original)
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Rhodes Scholar, lifelong Portlander, and community visionary JT Flowers draws the parallels between urban and rural communities. Born and raised in NE Portland’s historic Black neighborhood, the Albina District, Flowers recently served as Senior Advisor and Director of Government Affairs at Albina Vision Trust, the largest community-led redevelopment effort in America. The Trust was created to buy back land, rebuild community, and reestablish a prosperous Black neighborhood in the heart of Portl
Mel Butterfield: Promoting Hope (opens the original)
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Mel Butterfield asks, ‘if adults aren’t modeling healthy behaviors, why does it surprise us when youth behavior suffers?’ She is a fourth-generation Central Oregonian and the director of Central Oregon YouthLine, a peer-to-peer crisis, help and support line nationally available. Young people don’t always want to talk to adults when it comes to their mental health, so YouthLine is staffed by young people who have gone through training to support their peers. They say “It’s OK to not be OK” - beca
Rev. Dr. Ryan M. Eller: Action is the Oxygen of Organizing (opens the original)
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Rev. Dr. Ryan M. Eller is a ninth-generation Appalachian who deeply understands his region—and where generations of their wealth went. As Executive Director of Appalachia Funders Network, Eller leads a coalition of more than 80 funders who are committed to socio-economic transition in Central Appalachia. Eller began his career in community organizing and wishes more funders had that valuable experience, which taught him that thoughtful action is the oxygen needed to effect change and help remedy
Here comes Season 4! (opens the original)
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We're back with a new season of Funding Rural! This fall, we bring you more fresh, heartfelt conversations about philanthropy and how it can better serve rural and Indigenous communities. The folks you'll hear this season will showcase the power of local work and investing in the grassroots organizations that are making systemic change from the ground up.
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