Events

Our next membership meeting is August 13th, at 2:00 p.m. Our good friends from Hot Springs and Fremont Counties will join us to talk about the Small Town Summit they attended this summer. Organizers from rural areas in 25 states met in Missoula with  Small Town Summit.org to participate workshops on shifting power, changing narratives, and strengthening capacity for our hometowns. The Summit provided a…

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We invite all members and volunteers, to walk as a team in the Park County Fair parade. It is about a 6 block walk. We will hand out American flags and cards stating the Wyoming Rising mission to the parade watchers. We highly encourage you to make positive signs and messages related to our 5 core missions of civil liberties, quality public education, affordable health…

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Upcoming Talk to Focus on “Courage” in Wyoming.  Powell, Wyo. – Author Rodger McDaniel and former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson are scheduled to discuss  the theme of McDaniel’s recent book, Profiles in Courage: Standing Against the Wyoming Wind, at Heart  Mountain Interpretive Center near Powell on April 25 beginning at 12 noon. Rodger McDaniel has written five books, including two award-winning biographies of Wyoming U.S. …

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What is a Red/Blue Workshop? 5-8 Republican-leaning citizens (“Reds”) and 5-8 Democratic-leaning citizens (“Blues”) gather together for a day of structured conversations. Two moderators, trained by Braver Angels, lead the workshop, ensuring that ground rules are followed and that everyone is treated respectfully. Why? In Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address in 1861, with the nation on the brink of Civil War, he appealed to the…

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