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Today is National Rural Health Day, an annual opportunity to bring attention to and celebrate the incredible efforts of rural healthcare providers, communities, organizations, State Offices of Rural Health, and other stakeholders dedicated to addressing the unique healthcare needs of rural America. To honor the "power of rural," we revisit Kirby's Story. ...... In 2022, HRiA led a series of health and racial equity capacity-building sessions with the Coalition of Local Health Officials in Oregon. In the discovery phase of that work, HRiA staff talked with many Oregon health officials working in majority white, rural, and often politically conservative regions. Based on this, HRiA brought on Kirby Lecy, former State Office of Rural Health director at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, to help design and lead the sessions. During the capacity-building sessions, Kirby told her own story as a strategy to engage, relate, and bring these health departments into difficult conversations. The story: Growing up in the Quabbin region of Massachusetts, Kirby Lecy was from a predominantly white, blue-collar community that experienced economic distress and exclusion. In exploring the stories she’d grown up with – that of white poverty and the rural/urban divide - she inspires others to ask, who else is harmed, and what stories have not been told? We found Kirby’s story so compelling that we decided to record and share it broadly. Listen for yourself here: https://lnkd.in/eMzABftv What do you think about Kirby’s story? Do you have your own? Comment below. #ruralhealth #powerofrural #healthequity #racialequity

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Cultural identity devaluation often goes unnoticed, yet it deserves our careful consideration, especially as globalization accelerates through digital transformation. Society is also blindly embracing globalization, leading to the erosion of our community's values and cultural heritage. Therefore, Digital Heritage Preservationists Platform is a one-stop platform committed in digitizing African cultural assets and fostering social cohesion among communities toward sustainable heritage Preservation.

If you're one of the millions of women who get to carry the weight of the anger of wounded & angry men who won't take responsibility for their own healing, join me for this free Workshop to gain a whole new perspective on what's really going on. To receive your Zoom link & Worksheet, find the Registration info in the video description: https://lnkd.in/eagzu7Ui via @YouTube #relationships #EndTheViolence #womensempowerment #stoptheabuse

#ICYMI: The full recording of our Ida B. Wells Journalistic Legacy Series: Pro-Democracy webinar is now available! This session explored the various definitions of pro-democracy reporting, where it is being done and with what effect, how more journalists can embrace and incorporate the practice, and why they should.

You can be widely successful and still be telling yourself a different story. Isn't it time for your narrative to match? #womeninleadership #womeninbusiness #healthy #mindbody PaulaDAndrea.com/30

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Episode 12: Going through a national crisis has changed our work priorities. with Sivan Shachnovitz and Barak Shachnovitz https://lnkd.in/etGv3b5U