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                  M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY
                            August 10 – 11, 2009     Sioux Falls, South Dakota  



The Assembly will have opportunities for you to talk with local, regional and national policymakers
about rural issues and priorities important to you. Speaker names will be added in the days ahead,
along with program session updates. Please check back regularly!

Day One

8:30 a.m.       Breakfast and coffee time

9:30 a.m.       Welcome and Inspiration: Why we assemble today
                Speakers: Randy Parry, Rural Learning Center, and Elsie Meeks, South Dakota State
                Director for Rural Development, USDA

10:30 a.m.      Assembly Café: A community dialogue
                The Assembly will host a World Café dialogue to get to know each other by
                discussing: “What personal intention brought you to this rural assembly? What will
                our grandchildren praise us for having dared to start today?”
                Hosted by Northern Great Plains, Inc., and the Rural Learning Center

11:30 a.m.      Collective harvesting of group discussions

NOON            Lunch and Speakers
                Luncheon Speaker: Maxine Moul, Nebraska State Director of Rural Development,
                USDA
                Keynote Speaker: Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural
                Development, USDA

1:30 p.m.       Bringing our voices into policy formation: Rural Issue breakout sessions
                (concurrent)

    •   Investment in Our Communities
        What works in rural community development? Community leaders involved in long-term will share and
        discuss the success of their efforts and what made them work. In Holt County, Nebraska (pop.
        10,300), young leaders have been at the center of the county’s new investments in community and
        economic development for the past five years. Young adults who helped start the HomeTown
        Leadership Institute, the county’s leadership development program, were instrumental in creating a
        countywide economic development agency that represents a partnership among all the municipalities in
        the county. The county is focusing new energy on entrepreneurship and youth engagement, and young
        adults who moved away after high school are starting to come back home. And community
        philanthropy has been reinvigorated, resulting in, among other successes, a recent $2.3 million estate
        gift to support entrepreneurship and people attraction. Nicole Sedlacek, the Holt County economic



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                   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY
                             August 10 – 11, 2009      Sioux Falls, South Dakota  


        development director and coordinator of HomeTown Competitiveness will share how this county is
        organizing to increase strategic investments in their future.

        David Hengel of the Center for Community Stewardship will discuss how your community can grow
        and succeed. Great communities aren’t born, they are built. The assets that lead to successful
        community development are not inherited. They can be created, developed and encouraged to build a
        successful community. The Center for Community Stewardship focuses on helping communities
        identify, grow, and support strong leaders. Much like a successful gardener, these community leaders
        can be shown how to plant the seeds of success so that everyone can enjoy the fruits of their ideas,
        innovation, and labor.

        Victor Vasquez, recently appointed Deputy Under Secretary for USDA Rural Development, will
        provide observations to the group.  
        Organized by Cornelia Butler Flora of Iowa State University, Milan Wall of the Heartland Center for
        Leadership Development, and Nancy Straw of the West Central Initiative with participation by you.

    •   Health of Our People
        Our current health care system is not working for rural America. Too often, farmers and rural small
        business owners are forced to purchase coverage in the individual market where they pay more and
        receive less. There aren't enough medical professionals to go around, rural emergency services are not
        paid, disease prevention is not emphasized … we could go on. Without adequate health care, rural
        communities suffer. On the other hand, health care reform that works for all of America will spur
        entrepreneurial rural development and stimulate our economy. Come to this session to talk about the
        health care issues faced in your community and discuss ideas to overcome them. We'll also discuss
        about the current state of reform in Washington, DC, and how you can get engaged in helping make
        sure health care reform works for rural America.
        Organized by Steph Larson and Virginia Wolking of the Center for Rural Affairs with participation by
        you.


    •   Stewardship of Natural Resources: Working Landscapes in the Great Plains and Midwest
        Our rural natural resources – soils, water, wildlife, and ecosystems – and how we use and steward them
        are critical to successful, sustainable rural development strategies. Our public and working landscapes
        provide the opportunity to promote energy independence, grow healthy food in a sustainable manner,
        mitigate climate change, and develop stronger natural-resource-based economies. This breakout session
        will feature local leaders sharing their communities’ experiences in promoting sustainable production
        and use of energy, food, water, and “ecological services” through innovative approaches to natural
        resource, land, and agricultural systems management. Examples include a sustainable energy utility in a
        small town, community-based energy planning, carbon and agriculture, and local food planning.
        Organized by Jim Kleinschmit of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy with participation by you.




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                   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY
                             August 10 – 11, 2009     Sioux Falls, South Dakota  


    •   Quality in Education:
         Rural Schools: Community Development Partners?
         For years, the rural community development mantra was “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.” We are beginning to
         understand that it needs to be “People, People, People.” Should “people attraction” become our
         cornerstone strategy? Can and should school districts become major partners in rural community
         development and people attraction? The University of South Dakota School of Education in
         partnership with Mid-Central Education Cooperative is exploring an innovative strategy to place
         and retain new teachers in rural settings. It is about effectively hosting new people in our
         communities. Session leaders will outline these emerging roles and strategies and invite session
         attendees to offer their perspectives and insights. Session leaders will include: Dr. Rick Melmer,
         Dean of the University of South Dakota School of Education; Dan Guericke, Director of the Mid-
         Central Education Cooperative; and Dr. Jim Beddow, Rural Learning Center.
         Organized by Dr. Jim Beddow of the Rural Learning Center with participation by you.

    •   Broadband and Rural Communities: Creating a Healthy Digital Ecology and a Community Vision
        for Federal Funding
        Rural America is vast and diverse. Sixty million Americans, about 20 percent of the population, live in
        the countryside on 80 percent of the nation's land. Of the 250 poorest American counties, 244 are
        rural. Digital communications technology could be part of the solution for addressing rural economic
        and social concerns. Broadband access would allow rural America to reap the benefits of telehealth,
        telecommuting, higher education distance learning, improved emergency communications systems, and
        greater connection to the global economy. The federal government is spending billions on media
        education and Internet expansion as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. This
        session will help us formulate our vision for a healthy digital ecology that makes sure Internet and
        digital access increases opportunities for work, education, and well-being. Potential panelists include
        Edyael Casaperalta, Center for Rural Strategies; amalia deloney, Main Street Project; Joshua Breitbart,
        Peoples Production House; Loris Taylor, Native Public Media.
        Organized by amalia deloney of the Main Street Project with participation by you.

3:15 p.m.       Afternoon break

3:30 p.m.       Collective harvesting of policy discussion sessions
                This dialogue will include comments and feedback from comments and feedback from
                policymaker panel:
                • Victor Vasquez, Deputy Under Secretary for USDA Rural Development
                • Colleen Landkamer, Minnesota State Director for Rural Development
                • Toni Merdan, Senior Economic Development Officer for Congressman Collin
                    Peterson, MN
                • Government official(s) to be announced.
                Moderated by Brian Dabson of the Rural Policy Research Institute

5:00 p.m.       Networking with others from the region


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                   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY
                             August 10 – 11, 2009      Sioux Falls, South Dakota  

6:00 p.m.       Dinner of local foods

7:00 p.m.       Informal evening activities: Meeting new friends and connecting with each
                other

Day Two

7:30 a.m.       Breakfast and coffee time

8:30 a.m.       Morning focus: How to make our ideas happen
                Speaker: Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State

9:30 a.m.       Learning from each other: Enhancing our skills (concurrent)

    •   Community Leadership and Change
        Change is a constant reality, but that doesn’t mean that community leaders are always ready to embrace
        it. In this interactive workshop, participants will consider how today’s challenges facing community
        leaders are fundamentally different from those of the past. Plus, you will learn what new opportunities
        for community and economic development are suggested by significant changes in demographics,
        economics, technology and the environment.
        Presented by Milan Wall of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development with participation by you.

    •   Media Basics and Policy Advocacy
        Calls to Congress, visits to Washington, DC, letters to the editor, opinion editorials, action alerts, oh
        my! All of these strategies and others are used every day to influence policymakers and shape legislation.
        Whether you're passionate about agriculture, rural development, health care, education or another rural
        issue, join us in this session to talk about strategies to win at your statehouse and in Washington, DC.
        We will talk about strategies that have worked in the past as well as emerging tools to shape public
        opinion and public policy. We will learn from each other and share ideas for building upon our
        successes to win more policy victories for rural people and rural communities.
        Led by Steph Larson and Virginia Wolking of the Center for Rural Affairs with participation by you.

    •   Building an e-Network Using Social Media
        The Rural Learning Center is home to a remarkable community and economic development movement
        that works to restore social capital and build relationships in Miner County, South Dakota. Today, the
        RLC understands that building genuine relationships is the foundation of creating successful
        community development initiatives in any rural place. The creation of social networks is one way to
        build these relationships. Join us for an interactive session to explore how you can use social networks
        to connect and build relationships in your community and organization. We’ll spend time exploring
        various social media tools, and create a network among conference attendees. You will get the most out
        of this session if you bring a laptop!
        Led by staff from the Rural Learning Center with participation by you.



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                  M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY
                            August 10 – 11, 2009     Sioux Falls, South Dakota  


    •   Tools for Understanding and Engaging Your Community
        This session uses “Open Space,” a process that allows small groups to convene based on the flow and
        dynamics of the Assembly. Attendees will create the agenda and learning sessions on the spot based on
        the interests, knowledge, and questions in the room. For leaders experienced with one or more tools
        who are willing to share their knowledge and for anyone who wants to learn something new. Tools
        could include Community Capitals, Asset Based Community Development, the U Process, talking
        circles, and whatever else shows up in the room. Tool experts: please join this session to share your
        experiences.
        Hosted by the Meadowlark Institute with leadership and participation by you.

11:30 a.m.      The Future of Rural America: The Next Generation
                Panelists:
                • Nick Tilsen, Executive Director, Thunder Valley Community Development
                   Corporation, Porcupine, SD
                • Tami Severson, Housing Coordinator, Rural Learning Center, Howard, SD
                • Nick Olson, Program Organizer, Farm Beginnings Program–Land Stewardship
                   Project, and Manager, Earthrise Farm, Madison, MN
                Moderated by Marcie McLaughlin of the Rural Policy Research Institute

12:30           Lunch and Speakers: Moving to action
                Lunch eon Speaker: Garat Ibrahim, Minnesota Organizer for the Midwest Immigrant
                Health Project, Center for New Community
                Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, U.S. Representative
                from South Dakota

1:30 pm         Afternoon focus: Action steps and commitments
                Working together to explicitly fulfill the Midwest Rural Assembly intention: to
                begin building a regional network to advance policies and initiatives that can help
                revitalize rural communities.
                Hosted by the Great Plains Network for Rural People and Rural Policy

3:00 p.m.       Report-back of plans and action steps

3:45 p.m.       Closing commitments
                Working together to develop a regional network and advancing our collective
                priorities.

4:00 p.m.       Assembly adjourns




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Mraprogram061609

  • 1.   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY August 10 – 11, 2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota   The Assembly will have opportunities for you to talk with local, regional and national policymakers about rural issues and priorities important to you. Speaker names will be added in the days ahead, along with program session updates. Please check back regularly! Day One 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and coffee time 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Inspiration: Why we assemble today Speakers: Randy Parry, Rural Learning Center, and Elsie Meeks, South Dakota State Director for Rural Development, USDA 10:30 a.m. Assembly Café: A community dialogue The Assembly will host a World Café dialogue to get to know each other by discussing: “What personal intention brought you to this rural assembly? What will our grandchildren praise us for having dared to start today?” Hosted by Northern Great Plains, Inc., and the Rural Learning Center 11:30 a.m. Collective harvesting of group discussions NOON Lunch and Speakers Luncheon Speaker: Maxine Moul, Nebraska State Director of Rural Development, USDA Keynote Speaker: Dallas Tonsager, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, USDA 1:30 p.m. Bringing our voices into policy formation: Rural Issue breakout sessions (concurrent) • Investment in Our Communities What works in rural community development? Community leaders involved in long-term will share and discuss the success of their efforts and what made them work. In Holt County, Nebraska (pop. 10,300), young leaders have been at the center of the county’s new investments in community and economic development for the past five years. Young adults who helped start the HomeTown Leadership Institute, the county’s leadership development program, were instrumental in creating a countywide economic development agency that represents a partnership among all the municipalities in the county. The county is focusing new energy on entrepreneurship and youth engagement, and young adults who moved away after high school are starting to come back home. And community philanthropy has been reinvigorated, resulting in, among other successes, a recent $2.3 million estate gift to support entrepreneurship and people attraction. Nicole Sedlacek, the Holt County economic www. Cultivating a Stronger Rural America   Web site: midwestruralassembly.org email: midwestruralassembly@iatp.org
  • 2.   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY August 10 – 11, 2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota   development director and coordinator of HomeTown Competitiveness will share how this county is organizing to increase strategic investments in their future. David Hengel of the Center for Community Stewardship will discuss how your community can grow and succeed. Great communities aren’t born, they are built. The assets that lead to successful community development are not inherited. They can be created, developed and encouraged to build a successful community. The Center for Community Stewardship focuses on helping communities identify, grow, and support strong leaders. Much like a successful gardener, these community leaders can be shown how to plant the seeds of success so that everyone can enjoy the fruits of their ideas, innovation, and labor. Victor Vasquez, recently appointed Deputy Under Secretary for USDA Rural Development, will provide observations to the group.   Organized by Cornelia Butler Flora of Iowa State University, Milan Wall of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, and Nancy Straw of the West Central Initiative with participation by you. • Health of Our People Our current health care system is not working for rural America. Too often, farmers and rural small business owners are forced to purchase coverage in the individual market where they pay more and receive less. There aren't enough medical professionals to go around, rural emergency services are not paid, disease prevention is not emphasized … we could go on. Without adequate health care, rural communities suffer. On the other hand, health care reform that works for all of America will spur entrepreneurial rural development and stimulate our economy. Come to this session to talk about the health care issues faced in your community and discuss ideas to overcome them. We'll also discuss about the current state of reform in Washington, DC, and how you can get engaged in helping make sure health care reform works for rural America. Organized by Steph Larson and Virginia Wolking of the Center for Rural Affairs with participation by you. • Stewardship of Natural Resources: Working Landscapes in the Great Plains and Midwest Our rural natural resources – soils, water, wildlife, and ecosystems – and how we use and steward them are critical to successful, sustainable rural development strategies. Our public and working landscapes provide the opportunity to promote energy independence, grow healthy food in a sustainable manner, mitigate climate change, and develop stronger natural-resource-based economies. This breakout session will feature local leaders sharing their communities’ experiences in promoting sustainable production and use of energy, food, water, and “ecological services” through innovative approaches to natural resource, land, and agricultural systems management. Examples include a sustainable energy utility in a small town, community-based energy planning, carbon and agriculture, and local food planning. Organized by Jim Kleinschmit of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy with participation by you. www. Cultivating a Stronger Rural America   Web site: midwestruralassembly.org email: midwestruralassembly@iatp.org
  • 3.   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY August 10 – 11, 2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota   • Quality in Education: Rural Schools: Community Development Partners? For years, the rural community development mantra was “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.” We are beginning to understand that it needs to be “People, People, People.” Should “people attraction” become our cornerstone strategy? Can and should school districts become major partners in rural community development and people attraction? The University of South Dakota School of Education in partnership with Mid-Central Education Cooperative is exploring an innovative strategy to place and retain new teachers in rural settings. It is about effectively hosting new people in our communities. Session leaders will outline these emerging roles and strategies and invite session attendees to offer their perspectives and insights. Session leaders will include: Dr. Rick Melmer, Dean of the University of South Dakota School of Education; Dan Guericke, Director of the Mid- Central Education Cooperative; and Dr. Jim Beddow, Rural Learning Center. Organized by Dr. Jim Beddow of the Rural Learning Center with participation by you. • Broadband and Rural Communities: Creating a Healthy Digital Ecology and a Community Vision for Federal Funding Rural America is vast and diverse. Sixty million Americans, about 20 percent of the population, live in the countryside on 80 percent of the nation's land. Of the 250 poorest American counties, 244 are rural. Digital communications technology could be part of the solution for addressing rural economic and social concerns. Broadband access would allow rural America to reap the benefits of telehealth, telecommuting, higher education distance learning, improved emergency communications systems, and greater connection to the global economy. The federal government is spending billions on media education and Internet expansion as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. This session will help us formulate our vision for a healthy digital ecology that makes sure Internet and digital access increases opportunities for work, education, and well-being. Potential panelists include Edyael Casaperalta, Center for Rural Strategies; amalia deloney, Main Street Project; Joshua Breitbart, Peoples Production House; Loris Taylor, Native Public Media. Organized by amalia deloney of the Main Street Project with participation by you. 3:15 p.m. Afternoon break 3:30 p.m. Collective harvesting of policy discussion sessions This dialogue will include comments and feedback from comments and feedback from policymaker panel: • Victor Vasquez, Deputy Under Secretary for USDA Rural Development • Colleen Landkamer, Minnesota State Director for Rural Development • Toni Merdan, Senior Economic Development Officer for Congressman Collin Peterson, MN • Government official(s) to be announced. Moderated by Brian Dabson of the Rural Policy Research Institute 5:00 p.m. Networking with others from the region www. Cultivating a Stronger Rural America   Web site: midwestruralassembly.org email: midwestruralassembly@iatp.org
  • 4.   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY August 10 – 11, 2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota   6:00 p.m. Dinner of local foods 7:00 p.m. Informal evening activities: Meeting new friends and connecting with each other Day Two 7:30 a.m. Breakfast and coffee time 8:30 a.m. Morning focus: How to make our ideas happen Speaker: Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State 9:30 a.m. Learning from each other: Enhancing our skills (concurrent) • Community Leadership and Change Change is a constant reality, but that doesn’t mean that community leaders are always ready to embrace it. In this interactive workshop, participants will consider how today’s challenges facing community leaders are fundamentally different from those of the past. Plus, you will learn what new opportunities for community and economic development are suggested by significant changes in demographics, economics, technology and the environment. Presented by Milan Wall of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development with participation by you. • Media Basics and Policy Advocacy Calls to Congress, visits to Washington, DC, letters to the editor, opinion editorials, action alerts, oh my! All of these strategies and others are used every day to influence policymakers and shape legislation. Whether you're passionate about agriculture, rural development, health care, education or another rural issue, join us in this session to talk about strategies to win at your statehouse and in Washington, DC. We will talk about strategies that have worked in the past as well as emerging tools to shape public opinion and public policy. We will learn from each other and share ideas for building upon our successes to win more policy victories for rural people and rural communities. Led by Steph Larson and Virginia Wolking of the Center for Rural Affairs with participation by you. • Building an e-Network Using Social Media The Rural Learning Center is home to a remarkable community and economic development movement that works to restore social capital and build relationships in Miner County, South Dakota. Today, the RLC understands that building genuine relationships is the foundation of creating successful community development initiatives in any rural place. The creation of social networks is one way to build these relationships. Join us for an interactive session to explore how you can use social networks to connect and build relationships in your community and organization. We’ll spend time exploring various social media tools, and create a network among conference attendees. You will get the most out of this session if you bring a laptop! Led by staff from the Rural Learning Center with participation by you. www. Cultivating a Stronger Rural America   Web site: midwestruralassembly.org email: midwestruralassembly@iatp.org
  • 5.   M IDWEST R URAL A SSEMBLY August 10 – 11, 2009 Sioux Falls, South Dakota   • Tools for Understanding and Engaging Your Community This session uses “Open Space,” a process that allows small groups to convene based on the flow and dynamics of the Assembly. Attendees will create the agenda and learning sessions on the spot based on the interests, knowledge, and questions in the room. For leaders experienced with one or more tools who are willing to share their knowledge and for anyone who wants to learn something new. Tools could include Community Capitals, Asset Based Community Development, the U Process, talking circles, and whatever else shows up in the room. Tool experts: please join this session to share your experiences. Hosted by the Meadowlark Institute with leadership and participation by you. 11:30 a.m. The Future of Rural America: The Next Generation Panelists: • Nick Tilsen, Executive Director, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, Porcupine, SD • Tami Severson, Housing Coordinator, Rural Learning Center, Howard, SD • Nick Olson, Program Organizer, Farm Beginnings Program–Land Stewardship Project, and Manager, Earthrise Farm, Madison, MN Moderated by Marcie McLaughlin of the Rural Policy Research Institute 12:30 Lunch and Speakers: Moving to action Lunch eon Speaker: Garat Ibrahim, Minnesota Organizer for the Midwest Immigrant Health Project, Center for New Community Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, U.S. Representative from South Dakota 1:30 pm Afternoon focus: Action steps and commitments Working together to explicitly fulfill the Midwest Rural Assembly intention: to begin building a regional network to advance policies and initiatives that can help revitalize rural communities. Hosted by the Great Plains Network for Rural People and Rural Policy 3:00 p.m. Report-back of plans and action steps 3:45 p.m. Closing commitments Working together to develop a regional network and advancing our collective priorities. 4:00 p.m. Assembly adjourns www. Cultivating a Stronger Rural America   Web site: midwestruralassembly.org email: midwestruralassembly@iatp.org