1. We equip civically minded community members across the urban/rural divide with critical consensus-building and civic engagement skills. 

2. Change-makers apply those collaborative problem-solving and organizing skills to discuss and analyze complex social, economic, ecological, and political challenges that cut across the rural-urban divide within their region.  
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3. Participants form urban/rural coalitions to implement community projects with measurable impact, thereby strengthening relationships that contribute to increased capacity to address local problems together.