Saving the Boldface Park Shelter in Sedamsville

By Mike Templeton Cincinnati’s west side riverfront neighborhoods have historically been urban Appalachian neighborhoods. These areas have long been the focus of Urban Appalachian Community Coalitio...

The 52nd Annual Appalachian Festival

By Mike Templeton The 52nd  Annual Appalachian Festival will be held on May 13 and 14 at Coney Island. As in previous years, the festival coincides with Mother’s Day. The Appalachian Community ...

Mergoat Magazine

by Mike Templeton The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has taken on environmental issues in a number of ways. You may recall our article about the litigation led by lawyer Rob Bilott against DuPo...

Eastern Kentucky Mutual Aid

By Mike Templeton The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has presented articles on this blog in support of people in places like Eastern Kentucky after catastrophic floods. In these articles there ...

The Disaster Unfolding in East Palestine

By Mike Templeton As Appalachians, members of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition are no strangers to environmental catastrophes and the resulting political and economic storms that surround the...

Mucky Boots Farm: Elderberries and Organic Farming

By Mike Templeton Appalachian Ohio is just a short drive east of Cincinnati, and the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition pays close attention to what is happening just beyond our city. We are especi...

Ray Rechenberg: Sacred Harp Singer

by Mike Templeton I recently met Ray Rechenberg who is deeply involved in the traditional musical form known as Sacred Harp Singing, a musical form that is extremely old, forcefully alive, and a stron...

Ringin’ in the Appalachian New Year 2023

by Mike Templeton On Sunday January 15 from noon until 6:00 pm, the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition will be hosting our annual Ringin’ in the Appalachian New Year. This year feels particularly...

Riley Goodman’s From Yonder Wooded Hill

by Mike Templeton The first thing photographer Riley Goodman told me about his new collection of photographs, From Yonder Wooded Hill, published by Fall Line Press, was that he is not Appalachian. He ...