UACC Blog
Appalachian Foodways: The Lost Art of Apple Butter by Erinn Sweet
Apple butter is more than a sweet breakfast condiment—in my family, apple butter is a peace offering. My parents gift jars of homemade apple butter to new friends and family as a welcome present or ...
“What’s the big deal about Dolly?” by Erinn Sweet
When I explain to people where I am from, I typically receive a response similar to, “Oh, yeah! I think I’ve been down there before on a mission trip.” To those who have little knowledge of the ...
The Appalachian Emergency Relief Fund from The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio by Mike Templeton
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio provides funding for community organizations in all 32 Appalachian counties in the state of Ohio. FAO began in 1998 in a way that is strikingly similar to the Urban...
A Conversation with Core Member Jeff Dey by Mike Templeton
My first contact with Core member Jeff Dey was over the Appalachian foodways articles. His direction and resources made those articles possible. Jeff’s love of cooking and food have provided an adde...
Core Member Maureen Sullivan and the Path to UACC by Mike Templeton
Core member Maureen Sullivan has proven to be a constant presence for Urban Appalachians. Going back to the pre-history of Urban Appalachian Council up to the current work of the Urban Appalachian Com...
Book Review of Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ by Amie Copenhaver
Who has the right to have an opinion about Appalachia? J.D. Vance opened this can of worms with his controversial book Hillbilly Elegy. After reading his book I asked myself if I had the r...
Omope Carter Daboiku and the Art of Living and Remembering by Mike Templeton
As with everyone involved with the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, the work of community engagement is a natural outgrowth of life experience and chosen endeavors. Omope Carter Daboiku is one o...
An Urban Appalachian Family Helps Fight the Spread of Covid-19 by Mike Templeton
Most anyone close to the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition and its predecessor, the Urban Appalachian Council, and certainly anyone with an interest in and love of Appalachian music will remember ...
A Conversation with Core Member Debbie Zorn by Mike Templeton
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is driven by its members, volunteers, and others who get directly involved in community engagement, activism, and research. UACC is not an abstract entity wit...
A Review of Elizabeth Catte’s What You are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Mike Templeton
One of the critical questions that has come up even in some recent Urban Appalachian Community Coalition blog posts is the complex idea of Appalachian identity. This question becomes particularly comp...
Above My Raisin’: making peace with my urban Appalachian identity by Erinn Sweet
I was on the verge of sixteen. My honors English teacher had assigned us yet another literature report, and it was my turn to choose the novel my partner and I would conduct the report on. My partner ...
A Conversation with Core Member Pauletta Hansel by Mike Templeton
As the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition looks back over the six years of its existence, we are taking time to highlight some of the accomplishments and the people who have been instrumental to UA...
Appalachian Foodways: Cast Iron Skillets and the Appalachian Kitchen by Mike Templeton
What sustains a culture over centuries and through disruptions both social and geographic are things like literature, art, and music. These are obvious documents of a culture that remain constant even...
The Formation of UACC by Michael Maloney
When, in January 2014, the Urban Appalachian Council’s Annual Meeting voted to dissolve the corporation. I addressed the meeting saying in effect that they could dissolve the agency, but the u...
A Conversation with Ashley Hopkins, Chair of the UACC Research Committee by Mike Templeton
The work of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is focused toward education, cultural engagement, and advocacy among urban Appalachians. This means getting into neighborhoods and communities and...
Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel: The Literary Magazine of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative by Mike Templeton
In addition to the volunteer work and community service activities defining so much of the activities of members of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, many core members, stewards, and other vo...
Cincinnati’s Participation in ASA by Michael Maloney
At least 25 individuals from the Northern Kentucky – Cincinnati – Dayton/Miami Valley Area will be presenters at the 43rd Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference which will convene in Le...
Appalachian Foodways: Taking Soup Beans from the Mountains to the Factories by Mike Templeton
In addition to things like advocacy and education, of primary interest to the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is the promotion and celebration of Appalachian culture. The music of Appalachia com...