2024 Stanford Rural Panel

Land and Community: Cultivating a Sustainable Rural Future

• When: Thursday, May 2nd
• Reception + Food: 6:00-6:30pm
• Panel Discussion: 6:30-8:00pm
• Where: Stanford O’Donohue Farm
• Cost: FREE

Please join us for an exciting panel discussion on the pressing sustainability issues facing Rural America today! Our panelists come from a variety of backgrounds in agriculture, outdoor recreation, conservation advocacy, and political organizing. Hear from their diverse perspectives and ask our experts your questions related to this year's theme: Land and Community: Cultivating a Sustainable Rural Future. See more about this year's panelists below. RSVP: www.tinyurl.com/stanrural

Event Sponsors: Stanford Rural Engagement Network, Otero Public Service and Civic Engagement House, The Bill Lane Center for the American West, The Haas Center for Public Service, and the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Our Panelists

• Elsie DuBray is Oóhenuŋpa Lakxóta, Nueta, and Hidatsa and a Stanford Master’s student from Eagle Butte, SD. She is an award-winning researcher focused on exploring traditional Indigenous diets as a way to combat the diabetes epidemic in Indian Country. Elsie’s M.S. will be in Community Health and Prevention Research. Much of Elsie’s experience comes from time on her family’s buffalo ranch on the Cheyenne River Reservation.
• Hilary Hutcheson is an outfitter and flyfishing guide from Columbia Falls, MT. Hilary owns and operates her own fly shop: Lary’s Fly and Supply. She also serves on the American Fly Fishing Trade Association Board, AFFTA Fisheries Fund Board, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Board, and Protect Our Winters Board. Hilary is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and contributing editor to Fly Fisherman Magazine. 
• Dr. Gail P. Myers is an Agri-Cultural Anthropologist, current based in Washington, DC. For over 25 years, she has researched, lectured, taught, published, and recently filmed stories of African American farmers, sharecroppers, and gardeners. Dr. Myers has taught at several prestigious institutions, including Ohio State University and Morehouse College. She is the founder of Farms to Grow, Inc., which works with Black farmers to maintain and grow their farms.  
• Canyon Woodward is a rural organizer and author from rural North Carolina. Canyon co-founded the nonprofit, Dirtroad Organizing, dedicated to empowering the next generation of rural organizers, staff, and candidates. He also co-authored Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends on It. Alongside his organizing work, Canyon is a professional trail runner with a deep love for wild places. 
• Nikki Cooley is of the Diné (Navajo) Nation from Shonto and Blue Gap, AZ. Nikki serves as the Co-Director for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and co-manages the Tribes & Climate Change Program. She has worked all across the continental US and Alaska on outreach and workshops related to climate change adaptation, mitigation, and resilience. Nikki is also a “recovering river guide.” She is the first Diné woman to receive a commercial guiding license for the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

This event is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. 

Email inehring@stanford.edu with any questions.