What's happening in your local community?

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RuralOrganizing.org would like to hear from you. We want to learn more about what's happening at the local level in your school district, city council, county, and any other local issues that are important to you. Your feedback will help us shape our plans for the future.

What best describes where you live? Would you say that you live in a rural area or small town? *

Yes, I live in a rural area

Yes, I live in a small town

No, I live in large city

No, I live in a suburb

Other:

Are you facing any of the following issues at the local level, including the school board (check all that apply)
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Book bans

Anti-LGBTQ Policies

Anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric

Voter suppression

Political violence or threats of political violence (vandalizing yard signs, intimidation, etc.)

I'm not facing any of these issues

Other:

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What would you like to see from RuralOrganizing? (check all that apply)
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Online Trainings

1-1 or small group advising and coaching on local organizing campaigns

Opportunities for Networking and Building Community with Others in my state

Opportunities for Networking and Building Community nationally, across states

Connecting to other organizations that can provide resources and tools

Support drafting progressive rural policy at the state level

Support running local campaigns (county, school board, etc.)

Lobbying for federal policy change on rural issues

More support for applying to federal funding

Other:

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What subject matter would you like more information, training, or programming on from Rural Organizing? *

Please check all that apply.

Electoral -- how to run and win in local elections and cut margins in statewide elections

School Board Advocacy -- Pushing back against extremist policies and supporting public schools

Narrative and Communications

Staying safe while staying vocal -- dealing with threats of violence

Standing up to white nationalism and extremism

Winning local fights in coalition with some Republicans

Building mututal aid networks (including after natural disasters)

Other:

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What do you hope to win locally? *

We are working on a local policy fight (like fighting a book ban, getting a Pride parade, etc.)

We think we can win a local non-partisan election

We're just trying to cut margins and get more votes for statewide elections

We think we can flip our state legislative seat

We are just doing our best to marginalize extremists

We don't know if there's anything we can win

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How much do you agree with the following statement: "To thrive, rural communities need federal, state, and local funds to go into investments in people, like affordable childcare and fair access to public education, not just physical infrastructure, like roads and energy projects."

Totally disagree

Totally agree

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What do you love about where you live?

Additional thoughts: Tell us more about your local rural community. What's the D/R split? Who really runs things in your town? What's an event that happened that changed things locally?

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