Name: Transformative Rural Organizing
Start: 2026-09-04T16:30:00-0500
End: 2026-09-04T18:00:00-0500

Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT

Rural communities are often written off as politically unreachable, but organizers across the country are building power through relational networks, trusted institutions, and local leadership. This session explores practical strategies for rural organizing and introduces a toolkit designed to help organizers build trust, grow a base, and develop leaders in rural communities.

Speakers

Bo Belotti

Bo Belotti is a community organizer from Virginia and first year Masters of Public Policy student at Georgetown University. Bo has spent the last 10 years engaged in movement work, starting with their local school board while they were still in high school. They attended Virginia... Read More →

Jake Krug

Jake Krug is an organizer based in Staunton, VA. Jake began organizing as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America before co-founding the Shenandoah Socialist Collective and Shenandoah Mutual Aid. He is a member of the United Campus Workers of Virginia, CWA Local 2265, where... Read More →

Vida Rangel

Vida is a community organizer and public servant with a long history of working to improve the lives of those in her communities and improving the systems we all live under. As an autistic queer nonbinary transgender Latina woman, her commitment to community and to working families... Read More →

Friday September 4, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
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Left Strategy

Socialism 2026

Bo Belotti

Jake Krug

Vida Rangel

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Socialism 2026

Bo Belotti

Jake Krug

Vida Rangel

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