Amy Stratton is the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Rural Communities Organizer. She works to find viable solutions to economic and environmental challenges rural communities face. "In the Field" is Amy's blog from her travels throughout the Midwest.
Local politics for bigger change
One can find politics everywhere: the county board, state legislature, Presidential races and even the local church council. In a Common Dreams article, Russell Mokhiber writes about using local politics and local civic engagement as part of change on a larger scale.
Morgan County USA is a great example of one county using the web as a tool to organize, share resources, and increase engagement in a local area. As Mr. Mokhiber writes, if every county did something similar the country would improve.
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