About this Event

Join us for Rural Resource Coalition’s Annual meeting as we meet virtually to listen to local, intergenerational farmers and growers as we focus on “Growing Leadership and Growing South Carolina: Who’s Telling our story?” Keynote Speaker will feature Carlton Turner, who works across the country as a performing artist, arts advocate, policy shaper, lecturer, consultant, and facilitator. Carlton is the founder of Sipp Culture, which uses arts and agriculture to support rural community, cultural, and economic development in his hometown of Utica, Mississippi.

AGENDA

9: 00 AM

• Opening Remarks

• Growing Leadership and Growing South Carolina

• Speakers:

  • Ian Dillinger-Manager of Colleton Farmer’s Market, Instinct Earth

  • Arizona “Zoie” Bowers and Grandfather Dr. Larry Hudson, Intergenerational Farmers

  • Jones Family, Morning Glory Homestead Farm

  • Garret Ulmer and Father Wesley Ulmer, Intergenerational Farmers

10:00 AM

• Break

10:10 AM

• Keynote Address: Carlton Turner, Founder & Director, SIPP Culture

• Panel Discussion: The Power of Story

• Panelists:

• Carlton Turner, Sipp Culture

• Xavier Blake, Filmmaker, SCETV

• Arianne King Comer, Artist in Residence, Indigo and Community Arts Advocate

11:10 AM

• Break

11:20 AM

• Peer group discussion

12:00 PM

• Closing Remarks

About RRC's Annual Meeting

Our annual meeting is a chance for leaders from conservation, farming, forestry, tourism, and community economic development to meet, reconnect, and discover new ways to work together. You’ll hear from partners about recent successes and emerging opportunities to advance our vision of rural prosperity.

With emphasis on spurring wealth creation from within rural communities, the RRC works to create a stronger South Carolina rural economy through: local food markets, working farm and forest conservation, affordable housing, renewable energy, place-based tourism, and more.