Rural Voices: More than Singing the Blues

Community development consultant Timothy Lampkin sees his Delta town of Clarksdale, Mississippi, as a land of opportunity. He plans to use next month’s National Rural Assembly as a chance to let the rest of the nation know it.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Today we’re starting a series of interviews with a few of the people who will attend next month’s National Rural Assembly http://ruralassembly.org/ , September 8-10, in Washington, D.C. The national gathering of rural advocates focuses on rural America’s place in federal policy making. The Rural Assembly is managed by the Center for Rural Strategies, which also publishes the Daily Yonder.

By Gabe Schwartzman

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