UACC Blog
Omope Carter Daboiku is the Recipient of the Mid Atlantic Arts Fellowship
By Mike Templeton One of the first people I got to meet and interview as a writer for the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition was long-time associate Omope Carter Daboiku. Storyteller, advocate, edu...
Big Changes at the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library as the Renovations have been Unveiled
By Mike Templeton The work of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is most often accomplished with the help of community partners around Greater Cincinnati. One of our most important and long-sta...
Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrate History of the West Virginia Mine Wars: A Graphic Novel about the West Virginia Mine Wars
By Mike Templeton A great many urban Appalachians still have strong and living ties to their homeplaces in Appalachia that go back many generations. For some the events of Appalachian history are not ...
Isaiah Rice: Appalachian Folk Photographer
By Mike Templeton Research for the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition depends on a wide mix of sources. From oral histories to the old-fashioned history book, members of the Research Committee and ...
Katie Kershaw: Eastern Kentucky’s Own is on the Rise
By Mike Templeton While the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition tends to focus on the local for a host of very good reasons, there remains the wider world where Appalachians make a powerful impact. ...
Meet Anna Curvin: Our First Onsite Librarian at the Frank Foster Memorial Library
By Mike Templeton The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is home to a local research library devoted to Appalachian culture. The Frank Foster Memorial Library is a crucial resource for Appalachian ...
Appalachian Foodways: Wild Game
By Mike Templeton Like many people my age, I grew up being told about how my parents made it through the Great Depression and the food rationing that came with WWII. Both my parents grew up eating rab...
Appalachian Heavy Metal
By Mike Templeton The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition brings to light artistic and cultural endeavors that may not fit expectations when it comes of Appalachian culture. Some of our articles on ...
Kith and Kin: Appalachians and the Making of Cincinnati Takes its Place within the Digital Collections of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
By Mike Templeton The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has a long-standing relationship with The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (CHPL) as one of our most important community par...
Resources for Appalachian Writers
By Mike Templeton Still: The Journal recently published its final issue. After fifteen years of blazing trails in Appalachian writing and art, the people behind Still have decided it is time to move o...
Re-Run: Meiser’s Fresh Grocery & Deli in Lower Price Hill Offers an Oasis Amid the Food Deserts
By Mike Templeton Originally published December 4, 2022 (Re)discover how Meiser’s, a vital grocery store in Lower Price Hill, is transforming access to fresh food in a food desert. You can suppo...
Reflections on the Charter Committee as Urban Appalachian Allies as the Committee Celebrates 100 Years
By Mike Templeton The City of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Charter Committee are celebrating 100 years of the Cincinnati Charter, the guiding document for local government in Cincinnati. Something li...
Some Surprising New Energy from Appalachia with No Options: Hip-Hop in Appalachia
By Mike Templeton Regular readers of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition blog may remember our profile of Brandon Shields, an urban Appalachian from right here in Cincinnati who works as a river...
The Concept of Mutual Aid as an Appalachian Tradition
By Mike Templeton With the recent needs in southern Appalachia due to Hurricane Helene, the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has worked to provide information about aid groups. These range from o...
Assistance for Victims of Flooding in Appalachia
By Mike TempletonCover Photo By Bill McMannis / Source It just does not seem possible that we would be posting an article on devastating flooding in the Appalachian region just as we co-sponsored a ce...
Appalachian Flow Homecoming: A Celebration of Urban Appalachian Arts, Music, Literature, and Cultural Heritage
By Mike Templeton On Sunday, October 6, from 12:30-8:30 pm, the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Appalachian Flow Homecoming will be held at the Carnegie Arts Center of Columbia Tusculum. This ev...
Michael Henson’s Novel Secure the Shadow
By Mike Templeton The opioid crisis that hit Cincinnati took some of its highest tolls in the historically urban Appalachian neighborhoods. Lower Price Hill was hit hard by opioid addiction and its at...
Katie Laur: A Beloved Voice from the Hills of Home
Photo by Malcolm J. Wilson...