The Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) is hosting its first Rural Summit in Anaheim, California on May 20. The Summit will focus on building connections between those working in microenterprise development, rural economic and community development, buy local efforts, Main Street revitalization, cultural and heritage initiatives, sustainable tourism, green and agricultural businesses, and others working to transform economic opportunity in Rural America.

The Summit will feature keynote speakers (Winona LaDuke of the White Earth Land Recovery Project and Brian Dabson from the Rural Policy Research Institute), plenaries, work groups, knowledge building sessions, and a rural funders’ panel. Cost $75. Scholarships available.

AEO’s National Summit begins the evening of the 20th and continues through May 22nd. For more info, go to www.microenterpriseworks.org/RuralSummit .