Appalachian young people speak on the past and present impact of the coal industry and their hopes for the future.
Appalachian Youth: Coal Helped, It’s Not Our Future
Appalachian Youth: On The Great And Not So Great In Our Appalachia
Three Appalachian youth share perspectives on what it’s like to be young in the region right now – including the great parts & not so great parts – and talk about why they love this place so deeply.
Appalachia Speaks: Gwenda Johnson – Rebuilding Community
“Appalachia Speaks” is a new series of video shorts featuring the voices and visions of grassroots leaders in this region. Gwenda Huff Johnson grew up in Eastern Kentucky, one of nine children on a small farm just off a dirt road. As Elliott County Extension Agent for family and consumer science, she teaches about the streams […]
Reclaiming KY River As A Community Resource
Architecture graduate Hazel Ryerson created a design for downtown Whitesburg, KY, that shows how cleaning our water could also create public spaces to re-connect us to our Appalachian waterways.
