News & Highlights

RCA held the first in-person Rural Pitch Competition during Global

RCA launched two key programs: Afterschool Initiative and Cybersecurity training

The Representing Rural podcast was launched in August 2020. RCA

The inaugural RCA Youth Day at the Capitol was held

The Parent Mentor Program was launched in Eudora. The initial

The RCA Youth Network was reactivated. With its Advisory Board

Led by Lavina Grandon, a rural economic development conference was

RCA champions a bill to provide a waiver from Act

Delta Highways, a regional revitalization network in southeast Arkansas launches.

RCA successfully champions a new law to allow school districts

RCA rallies rural community members to fight for their local

RCA hosts its first Bi-Annual Champions of Rural Arkansas to

Organization hires its first Executive Director and staff. Expands mission

Founders Lavina Grandon and Dorothy Singleton unite with community members