UACC Blog
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 ...
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...