UACC Blog
SOS Art, Saad Ghosn, and the Mission to Promote Peace and Social justice through the Arts by Mike Templeton
Culture and advocacy in the 21st Century require collaboration and communication among and between different groups and organizations. It is difference that has emerged as the cultural constant in our...
Shorty Mincey: From Appalachian Georgia to Rock and Roll Impresario by Mike Templeton
Urban Appalachian culture consists of many things, and much of which is not so obvious. Appalachians in greater Cincinnati have had a hand in every aspect of our culture, and so the Urban Appalachian ...
The Appalachian Festival Makes its Return to Coney Island by Mike Templeton
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition places central importance on representations of who we were and are. There are not many opportunities to get a more complete picture of these representations ...
Current Research on Peck’s Addition: A Lost Urban Appalachian Neighborhood in Hamilton, Ohio by Mike Templeton
Members of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Research Committee are currently working on a project that is of vital importance to urban Appalachian history. The story of the Peck’s Addition ...
A Conversation with Sherry Cook Stanforth About Place-Keeping, Ecology, and New Open Mic Series by Erinn Sweet
Author, educator, and UACC Core Member Sherry Cook Stanforth grew up in Clermont County, Ohio, within eyeshot of the Ohio River. She would wander around on her family’s property pretending to be dif...
Michael Maloney and Jane Stephenson are the Co-Recipients of the Berea College Public Service Award by Mike Templeton
It is safe to say that the very heart of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is a commitment to public service. Advocacy, research, and education are the gears that drive the work of UACC. The r...
Re-run: The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Story Gathering Project By Mike Templeton
It has been about six months since we launched the Urban Appalachian Story Gathering Project. Take a look back with us to the beginnings of this project. Since the start, we have archived 25 (and coun...
David Siders: Urban Appalachian and Civic Engagement Coordinator for the Public Library by Mike Templeton
Again and again we see just how deeply woven urban Appalachians are in the fabric of Greater Cincinnati. It is easy to point to Bluegrass night at a local pub or the even the Appalachian Festival as s...
Core Member Pauletta Hansel’s new Collection of Poems: Heartbreak Tree by Mike Templeton
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Core member Pauletta Hansel was recently featured as the Poet-in Residence at the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. This comes on the heels of he...
Jason Strange and Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism by Mike Templeton
The movement from the Appalachian region into cities like Cincinnati gave rise to the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition. Indeed, this migration completely came to redefine greater Cincinnati and o...
Rendville, Ohio: A Singular Portrait of a Small Appalachian Town by Mike Templeton
When we talk about Appalachian people it is crucial that we keep in our minds that we are talking about a diverse population. For the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, advocacy has always been fo...
A Priceless Window into Pre-World War I Appalachia and Central Kentucky by Mike Templeton
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition maintains an active role in research in the fields of Appalachian studies and Appalachian history. In addition to the Frank Foster Memorial Library, UACC sust...
Michael Thompson: Multimedia Artist, Designer, Poet and Urban Appalachian by Mike Templeton
Over the years, many talented and creative young people have worked with the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition. A number of our members are teaching mentors, several are professional educators, an...
Ways to Help Local Seniors Navigate the Challenges of Aging
This week’s blog is by guest writer Beverly Nelson of Stand up for Caregivers, a website that aims to protect and advocate for the health and well-being of adult caregivers. The blog provides a numb...
WordPlay Cincinnati Hosts the Cincinnati Youth Poet Laureate Program by Mike Templeton
We have focused rather a lot on the literary arts in recent weeks. That should come as no surprise since so many people within the urban Appalachian community and within the ranks of the Urban Appalac...
REPOST: A Conversation with the Poet Laureate of Ohio, Kari Gunter-Seymour, by Mike Templeton
***Enjoy this throwback blog post from July 22, 2020, when Kari Gunter-Seymour was appointed to her first term as Ohio Poet Laureate. Now, in 2022, Kari will be serving her second term as Ohio Poet La...
Emma Carlson Berne and Books by Horseback: The Horseback Librarians in Appalachia by Mike Templeton
One of the core concerns of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has been and remains literacy and education for urban Appalachians. Beginning with the Urban Appalachian Council and continuing to...
Core Member Pauletta Hansel takes on her New Role as Writer-in-Residence at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County by Mike Templeton
Cover photo by Steve France Ever resilient, members of the urban Appalachian literary community continue to push ahead no matter the adversity that surrounds us these days. Even as we struggle through...