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Transition in Action, Broadband: Mimi Pickering

Who are you, and what’s your role at your organization? I am Mimi Pickering and I am a documentary filmmaker and director of Appalshop’s Community ... Read This Post

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Watch: Bridging the Digital Divide, Dr. Roberto Gallardo

This month, we’re exploring why broadband is so important to rural communities. No one quite answers that question like Dr. Roberto Gallardo, an ... Read This Post

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The next big wave of blue-collar jobs is here: Coding

It's not likely that most people would put the words "coding" and "blue collar" in the same sentence, but that misperception could change in the ... Read This Post


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Transition in Action: Broadband

Broadband Internet is a necessity in today's world. It is becoming increasingly important as more and more basic services, including healthcare and ... Read This Post

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Stories: Growing Gardens, Growing Lives

By Donna Daniels Wayne Riley left his home of London, Ky., to seek work in 1974. He found employment in places like Washington, D.C., Columbus and ... Read This Post

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“A Just Transition: Creating a New Economy in Eastern Kentucky”

A new video about Just Transition in Appalachia has recently been released. This one comes to us from The Chorus Foundation (one of the Mountain ... Read This Post


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Breaking Beans: Food Before it was a “System”

Community Farm Alliance's Breaking Beans project has a new story to share, this time about foodways in Appalachia that were happening before it was ... Read This Post

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Stories from the Mountains: Stay in Clay

By Donna Daniels In the city of Manchester in Clay County, Kentucky, a restored swinging bridge symbolizes a path to a future that honors the past. ... Read This Post

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Stories from the Mountains: “New Beginnings Child Care”

The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development turns 40 this year. To help celebrate this milestone, the organization has taken a step ... Read This Post


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Stories from the Mountains: “New Opportunity School for Women”

The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development turns 40 this year. To help celebrate this milestone, the organization has taken a step ... Read This Post

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Stories from the Mountains: “Kimberly”

The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development turns 40 this year. To help celebrate this milestone, the organization has taken a step ... Read This Post

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New series about Appalachian Transition gets it right

On our travels through West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, we heard just one person refer in earnest to a war on coal. We heard many ... Read This Post


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