Black Appalachian Coalition Launched
This episode focuses on the June 18th launch of the Black Appalachian Coalition in partnership with the NAACP. The launch featured a discussion of bla...
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A Story Bank Sharing New Ideas, Opportunities & Challenges For Diversifying Appalachia's Economy & Renewing Her Communities, from WMMT-FM & Appalshop Community Media Initiative
Reclaim, Renew, Repurpose
This episode looks at the future for coal miners, former mine lands and efforts to rebuild coalfield communities. UMWA President Cecil Roberts speaks ...
Repairing The Damage
On Wednesday, April 14, the Ohio River Valley Institute and ReImagine Appalachia held a press conference and released a timely set of reports titled "...
Remembering Eula Hall, Blair Mtn Battle
Eula Hall, health care leader and self described “hillbilly activist,” spent a lifetime assisting her Eastern Kentucky neighbors and encouraging poor ...
Have Diabetes? Get The Shot
While local health professionals encourage all eastern Kentuckians to get vaccinated against COVID-19, it's even more important for those with underly...
Promise of Vaccines, Jobs, Environmental Clean Up
In this edition of Making Connections News, eastern Kentuckians dealing with diabetes and prediabetes describe the benefits of getting the COVID 19 va...
AML Reauthorization, RECLAIM Act Filed
This show features Rep. Matt Cartwright and Rep. Glenn Thompson, both from Pennsylvania coal mining districts, introducing the RECLAIM Act and legisla...
A New Deal For Appalachia
Speakers at the January 12th ReImagine Appalachia Strategy Summit describe their policy blueprint for creating a New Deal - a green economy with good ...
Black Lives Matter In Kentucky
This Black History Month episode focuses on current black lives and why they matter for all of us. First, an interview with KY State Rep. Attica Scott...
Chronic Empathy Needed To End Racism
Pastor Edward L. Palmer addresses the issue of racism, which he describes as a policy failure, equity, and the differing impact that Kentucky state po...