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if you know of any groups that fit this please pass along.<BR><BR>Rabiah Al Nur Spring of Light rabiah_sol@hotmail.com<BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:01:11 -0400<BR>Subject: Youth National Rural Gathering Organizing Call, May 4th, 4pm EST<BR>From: angela@ruralco.org<BR><BR>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><B>PLEASE SHARE THIS EMAIL WITH OTHER YOUTH NETWORKS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING AND ATTENDING.</B></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px">Dear Colleagues, Friends and Fellow Youth Activists,</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><BR>The Rural Coalition will be holding its National Rural Assembly, in partnership with Agricultural Missions, inc.,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px" class=ecxApple-style-span>focus on Water, Land, Energy, and Food</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px" class=ecxApple-style-span>in Shawnee, Oklahoma on June 22-26th, 2011. It will be</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px" class=ecxApple-style-span> hosted by the Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project and the Black Seminole Community of Wewoka. It will be a historic gathering of the people of the land – farmworkers, small farmers and ranchers, and rural acequia, land grant, and tribal communities from the US and beyond --standing together at the crossroads of past and future in the midst of transformation and change. An essential component of the National Rural Gathering is the Youth in Today's Agriculture gathering of youth from across the Nation. </SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><B>We are reaching out to you because we would like to extend an invitation to Youth organizers, activists and community leaders passionate by, and mobilizing communities around, climate change and justice, food sovereignty/food justice, and farm and land struggles.</B> We invite you and youth to join us on our Youth Assembly Organizing Conference Call where we will be organizing the program and format of youth participation, communication and dialog during this four day program and beyond. We recognize the strength and need, to have youth involved in all the stages of the National Rural Gathering from planning to implementation, and future actions. We need your help to spread the word of this call, so that youth are not only participating but leading.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Thr</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">oughout the four-day Assembly, we will collaborate with partners to conduct skills labs, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">community based solutions,<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> business plan workshops, climate change and farm bill panels, and debates amongst other activities. Our <I>Youth in Today’s Agriculture </I>will participate and lead some of the overall events and will hold their own specialized workshops. (Please visit:<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><U><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a5db0"><A href="http://www.ruralco.org/" target=_blank>http://www.ruralco.org/</A></SPAN></U><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> home page to download/view a copy of the National Gathering program.)</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><FONT color=#500050><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 15px"><BR></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Please contact Angela Adrar, the Field/Outreach Coordinator for the Rural Coalition </SPAN><A style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" href="mailto:angela@ruralco.org">angela@ruralco.org</A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">, to RSVP, if you would like more information or have any questions. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">YOUTH IN TODAY'S AGRICULTURE</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ASSEMBLY ORGANIZING CALL DETAILS</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">DATE:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">May 4th, 2011</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TIME</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">: 3PM Central, 4PM EST</SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">CONFERENCE CALL NUMBER:</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: #2a5db0">218-339-3600</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ACCESS CODE</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">: 547530#</SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <B>PENDING AGENDA</B></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Introductions</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">background of Rural Coalition and youth at USSF (Darnela)</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Brief overview of the National Rural Gathering Program </SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Goals Priorities (Blain)</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Who else needs to be here?</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tools for Communication before, during, after (Bryn)</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-LEFT: 47.25pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Follow up, next call, next steps (Angela)</SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We look forward to having you on the call and sharing.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kindly,</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Angela Adrar</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Blain Snipstail</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bryn Bird</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Darnella Burkett<SPAN style="COLOR: #500050"><BR clear=all></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Rural Coalition is an alliance of farmers, farm-workers, and indigenous, migrant and working people from the United States, Mexico, Canada, and beyond working together towards a new society that values unity, hope, people and the land.</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We work to:</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #500050; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: #500050" class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">bring fair returns to minority and other small farmers and rural communities</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: #500050" class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ensure just and fair working conditions for farm workers</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: #500050" class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">deliver safe and healthy food to consumers</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></LI>
<LI style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: #500050" class=ecxMsoNormal><I><SPAN style="COLOR: #666666; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">protect the environment </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></LI></UL><BR>-- <BR>Field/Outreach Coordinator
<DIV>Rural Coalition</DIV>
<DIV>1012 14th Street NW Ste 1100</DIV>
<DIV>Washington, DC, 20005</DIV>
<DIV>Tel: (202) 628-7160</DIV>
<DIV>Mobile: (202) 439-7724</DIV>
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<DIV>LETS CONNECT:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">WEBSITE: <A href="http://www.ruralco.org/" target=_blank>www.ruralco.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">EMAIL: <A href="mailto:angela@ruralco.org">angela@ruralco.org</A><BR>BLOG: <A href="http://ruralco.org/field_notes.html" target=_blank>http://ruralco.org/field_notes.html</A><BR>TWITTER: <A href="http://www.twitter.com/DancingSparrow" target=_blank>www.twitter.com/DancingSparrow </A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Rural Coalition</DIV>
<DIV>1012 14th Street NW Ste 1100</DIV>
<DIV>Washington, DC, 20005</DIV>
<DIV>Tel: (202) 628-7160</DIV>
<DIV>Mobile: (202) 439-7724</DIV>
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<DIV>LETS CONNECT:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">WEBSITE: <A href="http://www.ruralco.org/" target=_blank>www.ruralco.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">EMAIL: <A href="mailto:angela@ruralco.org">angela@ruralco.org</A><BR>BLOG: <A href="http://ruralco.org/field_notes.html" target=_blank>http://ruralco.org/field_notes.html</A><BR>TWITTER: <A href="http://www.twitter.com/DancingSparrow" target=_blank>www.twitter.com/DancingSparrow </A></FONT></DIV>
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