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Community Conversation Series
Residents from all backgrounds are invited to participate in a series of community conversations that will create deeper connections and strengthen your community. Local organizations across Colorado are hosting a Community Conversation series for the Rural Action Project, a partnership between Colorado State University and communities across the state designed to help rural communities thrive.
Community meetings will take place on February 21st and 28th and March 7th, 2023, between 5:30 pm-8 pm. Meeting locations are specific to the participating rural community. During the meetings, residents will learn ways to build robust rural communities and have an opportunity to share their own experiences and ideas for creating a healthy community. By the end, residents will work together to develop and implement a local project to improve their community.
During these conversations, community members will get to know each other and design a project that will create meaningful change for their community.
The Rural Action Project will honor local experiences and stakeholders and build on the things unique and special to your community. Everyone is invited.
Please register with your local site by February 20, 2023.
What’s Involved
We invite you to attend all three conversations happening in your community. Attendance at all three meetings is preferred but not required.
Topics and Dates
Identifying Our Community Assets and Needs, Speaker: Ben Winchester – February 21, 2023, 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Telling Community Stories, Speaker: Leisl Carr Childers – February 28, 2023, 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m:
Developing Community Projects, Speaker: Melissa Bond – March 7, 2023, 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Local sites might offer interpretation, refreshments and childcare.
Find Your County and Register to Attend
Cheyenne County
Organization: CSU Extension Cheyenne County + Communities that Care
Cities and Counties Served: Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County
Register Today. Please Contact: Cheyenne County Extension Office
Phone: (719) 767-5716
Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin Counties
Counties: Garfield + Eagle + Pitkin
Organization: Roaring Fork Leadership (RFL) + Safe and Abundant Nutrition Alliance (SANA)
Cities and Counties Served: All communities within the Colorado River and Roaring Fork Valley.
Register Today. https://rfleadership.org/avada_portfolio/rural-action-project/
Or contact:
Andrea Plan-Porter
Phone: (970) 922-6035
Email: andrea@rfleadership.org
Judith Alvarez Quiroz
Phone: (970) 989-3513
Kit Carson County
Organization: East Central Council of Governments
Cities and Counties Served: Burlington, Bethune, Stratton, Vona, Seibert, and Flagler
Register Today. Please Contact:
Candace Payne
Phone: (719) 348-5562
Logan County
Organization: Family Resource Center + CSU Engagement Office
Cities and Counties Served: Sterling, Logan County
Register Today. Please contact:
Peggy Stoltenburg
Phone: (970) 571-9582
Email: peggy.stoltenberg@colostate.edu
Morgan County
Organization: Morgan County Family Center + Morgan County Family Leadership Training Institute
Cities and Counties Served: Morgan County; The towns of Ft. Morgan, Brush, Wiggins, Weldona, Log Lane Village, Snyder, Hillrose and Orchard
Register Today. Please Contact:
Sue Boyett
Email: evenicandoit2015@gmail.com or: sue.boyett@morganfamilycenter.org
Prowers County
Organization: CSU Extension Southern Region of Colorado
Cities and Counties Served: Lamar, Prowers County
Register Today. Please Contact:
Michaela Mattes or Stephen Lauer
Phone: Office (719) 336-7734
Michaela Mattes: (575) 650-0583
Email: Michaela.Mattes@colostate.edu
Stephen Lauer: (515) 473-2385
Email: Stephen.Lauer@colostate.edu
Sedgwick County
Organization: The Soul Players of the Valley, San Luis, San Luis Valley Extension
Cities and Counties Served: Julesburg, Sedgwick County
Register Today. Please Contact:
Carol Gurule
Office phone: (719) 852-7381
Cell phone: (970) 491-5699
Email: carol.gurule@colostate.edu
San Luis Valley Area
Organization: Farm Fresh Direct + The San Luis Valley Area Extension
Cities and Counties Served: Costilla, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos Mineral and Saguache Counties
Register Today. Please Contact:
Carol Gurule
Phone: (719) 852-7381
Email: carol.gurule@colostate.org
Walsenburg and Huerfano Counties
Organization: Emerald Dragon Organic Farm
Cities and Counties Served: Huerfano County & surrounding communities
Register Today. Please Contact:
Suzy Raywood
Phone: (707) 372-5758
Email: Emeralddragonorganics@gmail.com
Questions about the Rural Action Project
For questions about the program or how we might work together, send an email to: flti-colorado@colostate.edu
Colorado State University is an equal opportunity provider: https://col.st/0WMJA
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