Midwest Rural Assembly addresses broadband

Broadband access was on the agenda at the Midwest Rural Assembly on August 11-12, 2009, in Sioux City, South Dakota. One break out session was "Broadband and Rural Communities: Creating a Healthy Digital Ecology and a Community Vision for Federal Funding."

Edyael Casaperalta, Rural Strategies' broadband policy organizer, served as a panelist for that session. Other Rural Strategies staff who attended the regional assembly were Whitney Kimball Coe and Shawn Poynter.

The Midwest Rural Assembly was produced by leaders within the region and was sponsored in part by the National Rural Assembly. Organizers included the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the Rural Learning Center, and more than 20 other organizations.