UACC Blog
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...
The Urban Appalachian Leadership Project (UALP): Searching for Innovation by Mike Templeton
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition’s mission is to provide an organizational structure through which urban Appalachians in the Cincinnati region can build mutual support, promote awareness of...
A Profile of Mike Henson by Mike Templeton
Mike Henson has been involved with the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition since the beginning. Indeed, Mike’s work with urban Appalachia precedes UACC and goes back to its predecessor, the Ur...
A Word Quilt of Appalachian Memories by Barb Childers
Every year at the Ringing In an Appalachian New Year celebration, we Cincinnati area Appalachians gather as a community to revel in our Appalachian-ness. There is music, there is food, and there...
Dark Waters and Rob Bilott: An Urban Appalachian Who Stood Up for Environmental Justice by Mike Templeton
Parkersburg, West Virginia is a short drive from Athens, Ohio. From the party strip of Ohio University to the farms of Parkersburg you pass through Wayne National Forest; cross the Ohio River, and the...
Joe Burrow: Football Champion and Champion for Appalachia
by Mike Templeton I suppose it is possible to have not heard of Joe Burrow, but I’m not sure how his name could escape anyone. I don’t follow football, and I know he is perhaps THE college footbal...
Ringin’ in the Appalachian New Year
by Mike Templeton The past year has been busy. We have seen urban Appalachians in print, on the stage, and in the news for all the best reasons. There is cause to mark the end of the old and the begin...
The Campbell County Public Library Signature Series Presents the Falcon Theatre’s Production of Pauletta Hansel’s Coal Town Photograph
by Mike Templeton The Falcon Theatre celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and they remain greater Cincinnati’s only true storefront theater. As we head into 2020, we want to take note of the c...
An Evening of Poetry, Art, and Song for Riparian at the Mercantile Library
By Mike Templeton If you have never been to the Mercantile Library in downtown Cincinnati, you are missing one of the absolute jewels of our city. The Mercantile is one of fewer than a dozen privately...
The Mountain Minor and some Reflections from Dale Farmer
by Mike Templeton With thoughts and memories still percolating from the Express Urban Appalachia Showcase, it seems appropriate to turn our attention to a recent showing of the film The Mountain Minor...
Writing Our Roots Awards Ceremony 2019
by Dale Marie Prenatt It was blustery and snowing in Cincinnati early this week but a warm community greeted the winners of Writing Our Roots. Celebrating the creativity of Cincinnati’s young write...
Pauletta Hansel, Richard Hague, and Anthony Otten are the First Prize Winners of Still: The Journal Contest in Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, and Fiction
by Mike Templeton Some folks with strong connections to the Appalachian community and the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition specifically took high honors in Still: The Journal literary p...
Nancy Laird Spirit of Service Award
by Mike Templeton I finally got to sit down with Urban Appalachian Community Coalition Core Member Nancy Laird and talk about her work, receiving the Nancy Laird Spirit of Service Award from Healthy H...