You're invited to join us for September's Beyond the Clock with Country Queers founder Rae Garringer!

Location: Virtual via Zoom

Tuesday, September 10 | 4PM–5PM CDT

Beyond the Clock is a monthly digital learning exchange and happy hour for rural connectors and cultural workers hosted by Department of Public Transformation and Voices for Rural Resilience, in partnership with the Rural Assembly. September's learning exchange event will take place online via Zoom, on Tuesday, September 10th from 4–5PM CDT with special guest Rae Garringer, Founder of Country Queers, a multimedia oral history project documenting rural and small town LGBTQIA2S+ experiences.

About Rae: Rae Garringer (they/them) is a writer, oral historian, and audio producer who grew up on a sheep farm in southeastern West Virginia, and now lives a few counties away on S’atsoyaha (Yuchi) and Šaawanwaki (Shawnee) lands. They are the founder of Country Queers, a multimedia oral history project documenting rural and small town LGBTQIA2S+ experiences since 2013. Rae is the author of Country Queers: A Love Letter (Haymarket Books, Fall 2024) and the editor of To Belong Here: A New Generation of Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Appalachian Writers (University Press of Kentucky, Spring 2025). When not working with stories, Rae spends a lot of time failing at keeping goats in fences, swimming in the river, and two-stepping around their trailer.

Register today to grab a seat with Rae at our virtual table on Tuesday, September 10th from 4–5PM CDT for what is sure to be an inspiring presentation and discussion! Register here: https://secure.givelively.org/.../september-beyond-the...

Portrait of Rae was created by Nhatt Nichols, this year's Beyond the Clock illustrator and storyteller-in-residence.