UACC Blog
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
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George Stoney’s The Newcomers: A Crucial Piece of Urban Appalachian History
By Mike Templeton The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is the home of the Frank Foster Memorial Library, one of the premier resources of the study of the history of urban Appalachian life and cul...
Kelli Hansel Haywood to Read at Troublesome Rising: An Evening of Art & Activism” at the Southgate House Revival
By Mike Templeton We hope you will join us for “Troublesome Rising: An Evening of Art & Activism” on September 7, 2024, 7 pm at the Southgate House Revival in Newport, Kentucky. This is a spec...
Glenetta Krause: Urban Appalachian Educator, Author, and Poet
By Mike Templeton The collection of essays in White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all too: Reality, Pedagogy, and Urban Education, edited by Christopher Emdin and Sam Seidel and p...
Troublesome Rising: An Evening of Art & Activism at the Southgate House Revival
By Mike Templeton On September 7, 2024, 7 pm at the Southgate House Revival in Newport, Kentucky, a special evening of readings and music called “Troublesome Rising: An Evening of Art & Activism...
Author and Artist Anya Liftig and the Art of the In-between in Holler Rat: A Memoir
By Mike Templeton Through our various projects and activities, including our longstanding Research Committee and Kith and Kin, the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has focused attention on the id...
Home Away from Home: Making Sense of my Appalachian Identity through Home Healing
By Abby Retz Instead of frequent visits to the doctor, my family frequented trips to the herb garden maintained by my maternal grandmother. While there was no outwardly spoken disapproval from our sma...
Upcycling and the Appalachian Origins of this Modern Idea
By Mike Templeton I will openly confess that I cannot keep up with the trends and ideas that circulate in online culture. My knowledge of upcycling comes from my wife, about whom I will say more below...
Jim Talkington of Talkington Media
By Mike Templeton Two of the most exciting projects in development by the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition are in connection with Kith and Kin, which brings together the Urban Appalachian Story G...
The Pre-History of Urban Appalachian Advocacy
By Mike Templeton While the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Blog works hard to cover a wide range of events, ideas, artists and writers, and cultural activities, an original goal of UACC is to a...
Meiser’s Summer Wellness Programs
By Mike Templeton We have rounded Independence Day, and summer is in full swing. The neighborhood pools are open, kids are off school, and most of us are primarily trying to stay cool as we muster our...
Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia: A Book Review By Mike Templeton
The very notion of an “urban Appalachian” begins with movement and migration, and these are at the core of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition. We urban Appalachians are a people who exist a...
Spirit of Song: a Lyric Writing Workshop & Community Sing-out
By Mike Templeton The Originary Arts Initiative and the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition have teamed up for n unique event that will bring songwriters, poets, and musicians together for an evenin...
Ben Kline: Contemporary Urban Appalachian Poet and Storyteller
By Mike Templeton We have seen much activity on the urban Appalachian literary front in recent weeks, and the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has enjoyed following the action of our poets and wr...