Earlier this month, President Obama announced a new initiative to fight poverty in some of the neediest places in the country – including ... Read This Post
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SOAR Report Released: What’s Next?
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers hosted a press conference, with a guest appearance from U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom ... Read This Post
War on Poverty 50 Years Later
The news has been abuzz this week about the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, and our little corner of the world is getting more attention than ... Read This Post
Eastern Kentucky’s high rate of political corruption must be abated before real economic change can happen
The SOAR summit hosted on Dec. 9, 2013 by Gov. Steve Beshear and Representative Hal Rogers was a success in one very particular way: it allowed ... Read This Post
Women should be welcomed as leaders in Appalachian Transition movement
The Lexington Herald-Leader used their editorial space on Christmas to honor Mary Breckinridge, founder of the Frontier Nursing Service in Hyden, Ky. ... Read This Post
Happy Holidays!
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season! We'll be back with more news and stories of transition in the new year! ... Read This Post
SOAR offers hope for Eastern Kentucky’s transition
By now you’ve probably heard about the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) conference that was held last week in Pikeville – it’s ... Read This Post
News Roundup from SOAR Summit
There has been so much coverage from the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Summit held in Pikeville, KY on Monday that it would be impossible to ... Read This Post
Opportunity and hope as ways to remedy drug addiction
There’s a giant, pervasive elephant in the room of Appalachia’s bright economic future: drug addiction. Literally billions of dollars have ... Read This Post
Highlander Center still accepting applications for Appalachian Transition Fellows
The Highlander Center in East Tennessee will start its Appalachian Transition Fellowship Program next year, and as Erica Peterson of WFPL News in ... Read This Post
Optimism for SOAR Conference
As the Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Conference approaches, interest and excitement is growing. Over 1,000 people have already registered for ... Read This Post
Appalachia as a microcosm for the larger American story
"It's always been easy to think of Eastern Kentucky as separate and apart from America's mainstream," today's Lexington Hearld-Leader editorial says. ... Read This Post
