Rural Faith Communities

Jan 24, 2019

First in Future: Policy and Program Manager for the Institute for Emerging Issues Maggie Woods

Summary: The ReCONNECT to Community Impact Report provides a synopsis of the ReCONNECT to Community Forum and provides key statements, findings, readings and further steps for reconnection of civic engagement in… 

Jan 15, 2019

First in Future: Principal Founder of Community Food Lab Erin White

Summary: Agriculture is an $84B industry in North Carolina that supports more than 600,000 jobs. North Carolina has set a goal of growing that industry by 20% in the next few… 

Jan 3, 2019

First in Future: co-founder and partner at Plexus Capital Kel Landis

Summary: If you were looking to identify a poster child for citizenship, you could do a lot worse than Kel Landis, co-founder and partner at Plexus Capital. As we re-visit our… 

Dec 11, 2018

First in Future: Chief Content Officer with UNC-TV and Public Media North Carolina Travis Mitchell

Summary:  How do you keep people’s attention in a discarded world? There is the “addiction” model of telling people what they want to know, watch or listen, and then offer… 

Nov 27, 2018

First in Future: Senior Policy and Program Manager at the Institute for Emerging Issues Sarah Langer Hall

Summary:  The idea that the rural and urban parts of our state seemed to be getting further and further apart, and this is on the minds of North Carolinians. This… 

Nov 13, 2018

First in Future: President of the NC Community College System Peter Hans

Summary:  What better way to start our next hundred episodes of First in Future, than talking with someone who is looking at our state’s future on a daily basis—Peter Hans,… 

Aug 22, 2018

Convocation of the Rural Church 2018

I recently got back from my third trip to the Convocation of the Rural Church sponsored by the Rural Church program area of the Duke Endowment in Myrtle Beach, S.C.… 

Aug 14, 2018

First in Future: President and CEO of Mission Health Dr. Ron Paulus – Western NC Week

Summary: In honor of our upcoming forum on civic engagement, ReCONNECT to Community, being held Sept. 17 in beautiful, scenic Asheville, we’re doing something special. This week, we have FIVE new… 

Jul 31, 2018

First in Future: Chancellor of University of North Carolina at Pembroke Dr. Robin Cummings

Summary: Just think about the impact on southeastern North Carolina of a place like UNC Pembroke—an institution originally built to train Native Americans teachers and nurses, but eventually expanded to serve… 

Jul 24, 2018

First in Future: Senior Vice President of North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives Nelle Hotchkiss

Summary: In the 90s, it was recommended that every resident state should have access to affordable high-speed internet. General thinking was that with broadband speeds and quick shipping pickup, a…