The Rural Studies Institute @GeorgiaCollege is developing sustainable rural communities equipped to address the unique challenges of the 21st century.

Milledgeville, GA
Joined March 2022
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Black farmers once made up 14% of America's farm owners; today, Black farmers comprise less than 2%. @StetsonLRev @SouthernLegal @stetsonlaw @SankofaFarms @RuralStudiesIn @HABESHAINC @DoctaGrip #AgLife ow.ly/MJIQ50OnXGC
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Many Black residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, lived without basic sanitation services and have watched sewage flow into their yards. A federal investigation found Alabama health departments acted with discrimination, and ignored grave health impacts. dailyyonder.com/a-landmark-i…
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USDA Seeks Applications for Technical Assistance Grants to Support Community Facilities for People in Rural America rd.usda.gov/highlight/usda-s…
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The decline of Black farm ownership in America is fundamentally connected to America's history of racist treatment towards Black landowners. @StetsonLRev @SouthernLegal @stetsonlaw @SankofaFarms @RuralStudiesIn @HABESHAINC @DoctaGrip @SMRDI1 #AgLife ow.ly/MJIQ50OnXGC
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Black farmers once made up 14% of America's farm owners; today, Black farmers comprise less than 2%. @StetsonLRev @SouthernLegal @stetsonlaw @SankofaFarms @RuralStudiesIn @HABESHAINC @DoctaGrip #AgLife ow.ly/MJIQ50OnXGC
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Kamal's leadership in Black farming has CHANGED LIVES. @SankofaFarms means as much to Durham, NC as it does to others doing this work across the country and around the world. @RuralStudiesIn @blackbeltsista @DoctaGrip @greenheffafarms @rdiinc @smrdi #AgLife
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