Rural Matters

"World Changer" is our term for the accomplished people who come from rural communities and schools all across the country.

We have set up a forum here on Rural Matters to celebrate those people.

But we're not going to put this list together on our own. We need your help.

We're looking for people who attended rural schools in the 20th (or 21st) century and have made recognized contributions in the arts, academics, business, entertainment, government, human rights, science, technology, and other public fields.

The forum is already started. You'll find the list of people from rural communities who have made important contributions to the world on the Rural "World Changers" Resource Page (in the column on the left on the main page of Rural Matters).

With your help, we will keep building this list.

So send us more names of people from rural communities who have made significant contributions. Let us know where the person is from and something about their accomplishments and contributions.

You can email your nominations. Or you can send your nominations as a Guest Author (click on the Guest Author button in the right column of the main Rural Matters page).

As we get new rural "World Changers" we'll feature them, temporarily, on the main page of Rural Matters. And, we'll keep a permanent running list, in alphabetical order, on the Rural "World Changers" Resource Page.

We want to let everyone know how many people who have shaped the world got their start in a rural school.

This will be fun. We're looking forward to hearing from you.