Rural Coalition

Membership Form

If your organization would like to join the Rural Coalition, please read and acknowledge the following statement of our Principles and Goals, and fill out the questionnaire that follows. Then print and mail it to us at the address at the bottom of the page or fax it to us at (202) 628-7165. If you are interested in who our members are, go to our Member Organizations page.

Principles and Goals of the Rural Coalition

The Rural Coalition's charter members, some 22 national organizations, first joined together in 1978 to bring their combined experience and skills to bear on national policies affecting rural people and communities. They mapped an ambitious course toward general goals articulated in the Rural Coalition's guiding principles. These principles, to which all coalition member organizations subscribe, are:

Justice and equal opportunity are the right of all people regardless of race, sex, or place of residence.

All rural people are entitled to the goods and services essential to a decent quality of life, including education, health and employment services, housing and basic community facilities. They are also entitled to democratic community instruct dedicated to serving their interests.

The long-term viability of rural communities rests on effective control and use of resources by the people living in rural areas, including family farmers, local business people and working people of all walks of life.

Community-based organizations are instrumental in the development of rural communities. Public policy should encourage their growth and strength.

The federal government has responsibility to ensure the rights of all citizens and to help secure the fulfillment of these rights.

Consistent with its commitment to these guiding principles, the Rural Coalition has worked toward two long range goals:

The development and implementation of progressive policies responsive to rural needs, and

The development of the capacities of rural organizations and people to work effectively for, and to sustain, institutional and systematic change.

We join together as rural interest organizations to work for a better national society. We mutually subscribe to the principles of the Rural Coalition.

As an official representative of my organization, I certify that we subscribe to the above statement of Principles and Goals.

Name and Title:

Date:

Section 2: Membership Application

This is an application for an: Individual Organization

Your name:

First: Last:

Organization:

Organization Acronym:

Address:

Address 2:

City:

State:

Zip/Postal Code:

Province:

Country:

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:

Web site:

Coalition programs in which you are most interested (please check all that apply):

Equal Access to Agriculture Programs and Opportunities

The SuperMarket Project

Community Responsive Partnerships for Environmental Justice

Subject areas that interest you (make multiple selections by pressing control and clicking your left mouse button):

If you are an individual applicant, skip to the next section. If you are an organizational applicant, please answer the following questions:

Organizational Representative:

First name:

Last name:

Organization's Mission/Description (RC will list in publications):

Please mail copies of your brochures & newsletters, etc. for our Membership Directory (use address at the bottom of this page).

Organizational members of the Rural Coalition receive the Rural Coalition newsletter and are entitled to vote in Coalition elections and other business; to nominate members to the Board of Directors; and to participate in programs & the Assembly.

Friends of the Rural Coalition receive the Rural Coalition Newsletter and may participate in program activities & attend the Assembly (with no vote).

Contribution/dues information (Please Check Appropriate Choice for You/Your Organization):

Your Donations are Tax-Deductible

Individuals -- Friend of the
Rural Coalition

$25 Basic Membership
$50 Supporter
$100 Sustainer
Other
Low Income (as you can afford)

Organizations

Annual Budget	Dues
$100,000 or less	$100
$100,000-$250,000	$200
$250,000-$750,000	$500
$750,000-$950,000	$750
$950,000 or more	$1,000