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Become a Rural Coalition Member
Organizational Members are nonprofit and community-based organizations, associations, and other groups that receive all Coalition communications and participate in our policy work, events, and leadership and governance.
Friends of the Rural Coalition are individuals who support and participate in the work of the Coalition, except for elections.
Friends of the Rural Coalition may collectively nominate one Board representative.
The Rural Coalition is committed to promoting the long-term viability of rural communities. To this end, the coalition advocates progressive national policies and programs that are responsive to the unique needs of rural communities.
The guiding principles and goals to which all coalition member organizations subscribe are:
Guiding Principles
Justice and equal opportunity are the rights of all people regardless of race, sex, or place of residence.
All rural people are entitled to the goods and services essential to a decent quality of life, including education, health and employment services, housing, and basic community facilities. They are also entitled to democratic community institutions dedicated to serving their interests.
The long-term viability of rural communities rests on effective control and use of resources by the people living in rural areas, including family farmers, local business people, and working people of all walks of life.
Community-based organizations are instrumental in the development of rural communities. Public policy should encourage their growth and strength.
The federal government has the responsibility to ensure the rights of all citizens and to help secure the fulfillment of these rights
