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 ...

Appalachian Christmas Folkways

by Mike Templeton With the holidays in full swing and Christmas almost upon us, it seems appropriate for the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition to look at some of the ways Christmas takes on a uniq...

Traditional Appalachian Thanksgiving

by Mike Templeton The holidays are a fine time for the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition to consider more Appalachian foodways. Mountain people have their own traditions during the holidays, and T...