Ryan Fowler

Thanks for the suggestion. Any recommended places to start? I’d like to get out of my U.S. bubble a bit!

Today’s the day! We officially launched the Teachers Are Heroes campaign—celebrating 10 years of impact with a BIG goal: $10,000 by April 25!

1️⃣ Make a gift
2️⃣ Honor a teacher who changed your life
3️⃣ Help us champion rural educators everywhere

🔗 givebutter.com/teachers-are...

Graphic of a photograph of a bird on a branch, with beak opened in mid-call, with a few paper cut circular holes in the photograph.

On our podcast this week, we return to one of our most cherished stories: “The Serviceberry,” by Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer. How can we move away from an economy of scarcity to one rooted in relationship and gratitude? https://buff.ly/2Ur2kGq

Agree! It was a great interview - I really enjoyed this one, @mikecosper.bsky.social.

The Brothers Karamazov Online Course A 10-week study of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov led by Brian Zahnd beginning Monday, January 6, 2025

I had been intimidated to read this one until @brianzahnd.bsky.social convinced me with his upcoming virtual book study. Really enjoying it so far. I assume his study is still taking signups (it starts in January): www.eventbrite.com/e/the-brothe...

YouTube video by Hasan Davis Come Wednesday

“Come Wednesday” by Hasan Davis youtu.be/nCINo1cvAtg?...

The Sunflower and the Soul: Wendell Berry on the Collaborative Nature of the Universe and the Cure for Conflict “We are not the authors of ourselves. That we are not is a religious perception, but it is also a biological and a social one. Each of us has had many authors, and each of us is engaged, for …

We need Wendell Berry now, passionate and placid, with his beautiful wisdom on the only true cure for conflict

Wendell Berry on #leadership (in the form of a Sabbath poem)

The good people at @ConexionEd released an important report today. Place-based equity for rural students of color in TN is critical for us to build and sustain healthy rural communities. Read the report here: http://tnedequity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TEEC_ruralEd-Report-f.pdf...

Under the Idaho Sky, a Sense of Belonging https://nyti.ms/2Hubpau

Wendell Berry on #hate

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/solidarity/the-woman-beside-wendell-berry-the-most-important-fiction-editor-almost-no-one-has-heard-of-20171212 via @yesmagazine

A beautifully written portrait of Tanya Berry. If you have an appreciation for Wendell’s work, you really need to read this: “The Woman Beside Wendell Berry: The Most Important Fiction Editor Almost No One Has Heard Of”...

So common for the stories of #rural communities to be told nationally by folks who have never lived or even visited them. I hope lots of small town journalists sign on to this new database project. (looking at you @thedailyherald) https://nyti.ms/2zjHeMq

#Rural communities could learn from some of the great work Tulsa is doing to attract remote workers (http://tulsaremote.com) - yet another reason rural broadband access is so critical.

https://opportunitymyth.tntp.org/

Nothing motivates us to do better for kids than listening to their aspirations for the future. Our rural communities rely on the fulfillment of these aspirations. Lots of good happening, but still gaps we need to close. Read more in the #opportunitymyth:...

Renewing a Vision for Rural Prosperity | Civil Eats https://buff.ly/2MqbgWD

As a novice at understanding #farmbill18, I appreciated this simple breakdown from the @dailyyonder. Implications for local food programs, rural broadband, and oh yeah... farms.

- Farm Bill Basics: The Differences between the House and Senate Versions https://buff.ly/2mIIwdj

Inspiring conversation by ⁦@whitneykcoe⁩, ⁦@briandepew⁩, and ⁦@TimLampkin⁩ - so nice to see a panel discussion that makes space for the nuance of #rural issues, rather than the more common oversimplifications. Worth a watch: https://www.aspenideas.org/session/rural-choice

https://www.wsj.com/graphics/where-graduates-move-after-college/ @WSJGraphics

Many large colleges are feeding more than half their grads to rural/small communities - and I assume this to be true of the small/mid-sized colleges not included in these data. They are coming. How are we using them? How are we keeping them?...

Wendell Berry on #winning

Appalachians are slow to adopt new technology for a surprising (and refreshing) reason — Popular Science
https://buff.ly/2GAruue

Important #Muletown public service announcement from @mycolumbiatn.

“Elegant solutions will be predicated by the uniqueness of place.”

- Biologist, John Todd

A Double-Wide Helping of Stories - from the @dailyyonder https://buff.ly/2ATqqvl

“You can convince top-notch talent from across the nation to "de-locate" -- and you can show local professionals that they don't need to relocate.” @NREDAnews https://buff.ly/2BikFXb

Really love this from the #ObamaSummit on @dailyyonder today about the "Practice of Participation" in small towns. https://buff.ly/2zd5S2E

Rural disinvestment and racial inequities wreak so much havoc - the #teachershortage is a result. @EducatePodcast: https://buff.ly/2vH0kbv