Message from the Executive Director

Whenever my husband asks me if I want the good news first, or the bad news, I always respond, “bad news.” My preference is to take the hit and move…

A fire station, a lawnmower, and a mammoth walk into a bar (just kidding, a mammoth wouldn’t fit in a bar). These are seemingly random, totally unrelated things. But not…

These days, I feel a bit like Ross Geller holding the couch on the stairway in an episode of Friends, repeatedly shouting “pivot!” I’ve been debating about when to share…

If ever there was a time to play the drum roll app on your phone, this is it (if you don’t have it, I highly recommend downloading it…you will use…

Community work is, I’ve realized, a little like getting ketchup out of a glass bottle. You’re working away, trying to break things loose, waiting…full of anticipation (cue classic commercial jingle)…

Timing is everything – whether you’re baking a cake, trying to hop on a moving merry go-round (do those still exist?), or figuring out how to replace a crumbling but…

It seems appropriate, on a rare day when the sun is shining brightly outside my office window, to talk about our latest endeavor with the wonderful folks at ZEN. We…

With March almost here, and having just spent a few days in southern Arizona, I am thrilled at the prospect of Spring arriving soon. I am also excited about Easter…

With all that is going on at the federal level these last few weeks, I grow increasingly concerned that rural communities will be forgotten in the relentless churn of sudden…

I have been asked many times since early last week how the Trump Administration’s executive orders have affected PRWA and its work. Some of the orders have severely impacted our…