Rural Policy
Action Report

Call to Action for the Progressive Movement

The Rural Policy Action Report outlines specific investments, policy improvements, and regulatory reforms to improve the lives of people in small city, town, and rural communities. These recommendations are winnable and popular priorities for 2021 – 2023 that help address the challenges for people living in rural America.

 
Key Policy Progress

Massive New Tools and Opportunities for Rural Americans
Key recommendations from the report have been enacted, and we’re seeing the most significant investments in rural America in our lifetimes.

Coalition and Convenings

The Rural Democracy Initiative (RDI), Family Farm Action, and RuralOrganizing.org collaborated to organize and co-host the 2021 virtual rural policy summit. We engaged rural advocates from across policy sectors and around the country to hear about their experiences working in rural communities. The summit established the key challenges and priorities for rural communities as well as top federal policy priorities.

In 2022, State Innovation Exchange (SiX) worked with RDI and dozens of rural groups to add state-based policy recommendations.