UACC Blog
Amanda Jo Slone and Appalachian Leadership: The Appalachian Way
By Mike Templeton The work of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition grows organically from the lives and experiences of urban Appalachians. Using our own resources and relying on the leadership fr...
Current Research on the Status of Appalachian Health in Greater Cincinnati by Mike Templeton
Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is committed to the health and well-being of the urban Appalachian people of greater Cincinnati. The Urban Appalachian Council’s environmental justice activitie...
From Women’s Work to Women’s Wealth
By Pauletta Hansel This blog post is very personal to me. It is a tribute to two of the most loving and industrious women I have ever known: my mother, Larnie Lewis Hansel, who died six years ago on J...
The Impact and Legacy of Loyal Jones
By Mike Templeton On October 7 of this year the great Loyal Jones passed away at the age of 95. Loyal Jones was certainly one of the most important figures in the study of Appalachian life and culture...
The Appalachian Tradition of Old Christmas
By Mike Templeton Every year around this time our Urban Appalachian Community Coalition blog shares a post that marks the Christmas season. Holiday traditions can be extremely important to Appalachian...
Richard Hague. Continued Cases, and Reading at Poetry Night at Sitwell’s
By Mike Templeton On Tuesday, December 5th at 7:00 pm, as part of the Poetry Night at Sitwell’s Series at Sitwell’s Coffee House, 324 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, Richard Hague will be reading from his...
A Strange Appearance: An Online Literary Launch for Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel: The Strange, Stranger, and Estranged Side of Appalachia
By Mike Templeton The newest issue of Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel has been released. Published by the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative (SAWC) in collaboration with Dos Madres Press, PMS&am...
Resilience in Dystopia: Women of the Hunger Games Series Defending Appalachia
By Erinn Sweet November has proven to be an exciting month for me. I recently submitted my master’s thesis, a comprehensive exploration of the identity of urban Appalachian women (that you can r...
Mike Ousley: Contemporary Artist from Eastern Kentucky
by Mike Templeton ***UACC is incredibly glad to have Mike Templeton, author of Chief of Birds, back for another blog post! Dive into the mesmerizing blend of folk-art tradition and contemporary commen...
Rerun: Appalachian Foodways: Essential Fermented Foods
By Erinn SweetOriginally published August 16, 2020 Fermented foods have been around since ancient times and act as staple foods throughout many cultures and nations. The process of fermentation preser...
On Neema Avashia’s Essay, “Fight From Away”
By Pauletta Hansel “Appalachians leave home for many reasons. But no matter where they go, mountain folks defend their people and culture,” says urban Appalachian writer Neema Avashia in her recen...
Rerun: Eastern Kentucky Mutual Aid
By Mike TempletonOriginally Published April 8, 2023 **** Folks, it’s getting cold out there and we need to ensure everyone has a warm place to stay and basic needs are met. The good folks at Eas...
Rerun: Tailypo, Tailypo, Who or What is Tailypo?
By Mike TempletonOriginally published October 9, 2022 Cover illustration by Katherine Coville **** October has arrived, and it’s time to embrace the spookier side of life, just in time for Hallo...
(Rerun of) Adam Payne and the online magazine YNST: New Voices and Ideas from the Appalachian Region
By Mike TempletonOriginally posted June 2, 2023 **** When we published this blog post back in the summer, this Appalachian art and fashion magazine was just getting started. We’re revisiting thi...
Rerun: WordPlay Cincinnati Hosts the Cincinnati Youth Poet Laureate Program
By Mike TempletonOriginally posted February 5, 2022 **** The good folks at WordPlay Cincy are excited to announce the 2023-2024 Cincinnati Youth Poet Laureate, Gabrielle Walker! She hit the ground run...
Rerun: The John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival
by Mike Templeton **** In honor of the 2023 John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival, we are revisiting this article about last year’s festival, which was the first festival after a four-year hiatus! T...
The Chief of Birds: A new book by Mike Templeton
By Pauletta Hansel Readers of our Urban Appalachian Community Coalition blog are used to seeing posts BY Mike Templeton, rather than about him. Therefore, I am especially honored to be writing this po...
A Review of King Coal: An Appalachian film that untangles the pain from the beauty, illuminating the innately human capacity for change
By Erinn Sweet As an organization that celebrates, studies, documents and advocates for Appalachian people and their ways of life, the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition (UACC) recognizes the many ...