Hopes for the Return of the American Chestnut Tree

By Mike Templeton On any given weekend, you might find a good many of us with the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition in the woods around greater Cincinnati. Given time, most of us will head back to...

Earth Ships in Appalachia

By Mike Templeton For all the ways technology has brought tremendous blessings to human life, there is a trade-off that can make us wonder if the blessing is really worth the cost. The Urban Appalachi...

The 54th Annual Appalachian Festival

By Mike Templeton As always, May brings us Mother’s Day and the Annual Appalachian Festival, sponsored by our friends at the Appalachian Community Development Association. This will mark the 54th ye...

Francie Pepper Gave a Voice to Those with No Voice

by Michael Maloney There are people who are so real, so fully themselves, that they are a joy and a blessing to all they meet.  Francie Pepper was one of these. The Urban Appalachian Community Co...

“The Forgotten Frontier”: A Film Review

By Mike Templeton A long-standing source of inspiration for Appalachians everywhere, and for the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition in particular, is Appalshop. The education, media, and arts organ...

More Catastrophic Floods in Appalachia

By Mike Templeton Eastern Kentucky and other parts of the southern Appalachian region are once again being ravaged by floods, with people again left homeless, isolated, without electricity and fresh w...