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Net Neutrality Repeal Has Rural Impact
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) move to repeal Net Neutrality and classification of Broadband Internet as a Title II Telecommunications Service could have significant impact on rural America, where the digital divide is already the largest. In this edition of Mountain Talk, host Mimi Pickering explores potential impacts with economist Roberto Gallardo from Mississippi...Read More ▶Net Neutrality Repeal Has Rural Impact
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Community Archives and the Future
What does the past have to do with a more just and equitable future? How can community-based archives preserve and disseminate marginalized histories? These themes were explored through an archivist-led track at the 19th annual Allied Media Conference (AMC), a Detroit-based gathering of community of filmmakers, radio producers, technologists, youth organizers, writers, entrepreneurs, and...Read More ▶Community Archives and the Future
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Mtn. Talk Monday: Black Lung Diagnosis and Healthcare Benefits
In this episode, Dr. Edward Lee Petsonk, a professor of Medicine specializing in Pulmonary and Critical Care at West Virginia University and former leader of the NIOSH Black Lung Program, speaks on the proper diagnosis of black lung disease and navigating applying for related health benefits. In the second half, we revisit the award...Read More ▶Mtn. Talk Monday: Black Lung Diagnosis and Healthcare Benefits
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MN&WR: Education and the Opioid Crisis
The extent of the opioid crisis in Central Appalachia is not a secret. It has been covered extensively by national media in terms of statistics and the degree to which pharmaceutical companies are to blame. However, the solutions to the problem springing up within the communities themselves, and the current ramifications of having lost...Read More ▶MN&WR: Education and the Opioid Crisis
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BRIGHT Opportunities for Whitesburg
Could Whitesburg, long an east Kentucky coal town, become a “Green Healthy Town?” Five University of Virginia students in the Master’s of Urban and Environmental Planning Program presented their assessment of existing conditions within a roughly one-mile corridor of downtown at a recent Whitesburg community meeting. The students’ report includes an inventory of assets...Read More ▶BRIGHT Opportunities for Whitesburg
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A Mirror For Mountain People: Seedtime & June in the Mountains
June is a special time of year in the mountains. Seedtime on the Cumberland is Appalshop’s festival of mountain arts, always the first weekend of June. Music, film, theater, crafts, dance, and art have brought thousands of people together, on Appalshop grounds, since 1986. Across thirty years, Seedtime has featured downtown parades, week long...Read More ▶A Mirror For Mountain People: Seedtime & June in the Mountains
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Award-Winning Black Lung Reports Influence Policy
At the end of 2016, new research on black lung cases were released through NPR and featured in the New York Times, among other national outlets. Benny Becker, reporting for WMMT in partnership with the Ohio Valley Resource, worked with Howard Berkes of the NPR Investigations Unit to produce the report and share local impacts through the story of a Pike...Read More ▶Award-Winning Black Lung Reports Influence Policy
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APPALSHOP NAMED TOP 100 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CULTURE
Appalshop is thrilled to be part of the 2017 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Top 100 list! This list “celebrates thought leaders, provocateurs, and innovators who are using their platform to create cultural movement,” according to the Center. “This year, the list takes on a renewed urgency and importance. In the face of...Read More ▶APPALSHOP NAMED TOP 100 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CULTURE
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Welcoming the Interns of the 2017 Summer Documentary Institute
We are proud to announce the interns of the 2017 Summer Documentary Institute! It was a highly competitive year with over 45 regional applicants representing youth of all backgrounds and experience levels in media making, production and visual arts. Please […]Read More ▶Welcoming the Interns of the 2017 Summer Documentary Institute
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SEEDTIME: Appalshop’s Festival of Mountain Arts, June 2-3
On June 2th & 3th, 2017, the Appalshop grounds in Whitesburg, KY will once again be alive with music, art, theater, food, and crafts for the 31st Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival. This year’s event will spotlight the tools of culture that have built, and continue to sustain, our mountain communities! In addition to...Read More ▶SEEDTIME: Appalshop’s Festival of Mountain Arts, June 2-3
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Stand With The Arts
“Appalshop has been here in this town for 48 years and has been an example of the diversified economy we really need in this region.” – Ada Smith on CBS Sunday Morning GIVE As the 2017 budget saga in Washington unfolds, Appalshop and bedrock arts organizations across the country have been called on to...Read More ▶Stand With The Arts
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