Create Your Future 2022 - Community Development

Russell Shaffer Author

11/01/2021 Added

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UNL's Rural Fellowship interns use their education and majors in community development to help strengthen and innovate Nebraska's rural communities. Apply now to be a Rural Fellow for summer 2022 at https://ruralprosperityne.unl.edu/rural-fellows

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[00:00:10.740]Throughout my time in Ravenna,
[00:00:12.150]I was able to work with the Ravenna Area Vision Fund,
[00:00:16.040]they're a group of community volunteers
[00:00:18.550]that just try to progress Ravenna in any way possible,
[00:00:22.210]and right now their big project is,
[00:00:24.070]working on a hike and bike trail.
[00:00:26.170]So I've gotten to help them with their grant applications
[00:00:29.720]and gone to different meetings with them.
[00:00:32.530]So that's been a huge learning process
[00:00:34.210]and that will be affecting generations to come in Ravenna.
[00:00:37.490]This work is important to the future of rural communities
[00:00:40.850]and Ravenna specifically because it's pushing us forward,
[00:00:45.410]and it's encouraging us to think about things
[00:00:47.760]in a completely different light
[00:00:48.960]and they have completely fresh perspectives.
[00:00:52.020]They force us to really get outside of our own head
[00:00:55.660]and get outside of our comfort zone
[00:00:57.680]and think about things in a different light.
[00:01:00.170]Really been able to see firsthand how much work it takes
[00:01:03.530]to make a community thrive and prosper.
[00:01:06.580]I've had a lot of great role models here
[00:01:08.980]that have really given me great examples
[00:01:11.120]of what it takes and how much effort
[00:01:13.000]and work you need to put in.
[00:01:14.800]And we've learned that rural communities
[00:01:18.270]don't happen by accident here.
[00:01:20.650]You have to put in the work and you have to be willing
[00:01:22.930]to keep progressing towards a better future
[00:01:25.750]in order to see real change happen.
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