UACC Blog
Creations by Brandi: Brandi Martinez Hildebrand and the New Urban Appalachian Entrepreneurs
by Mike Templeton The migration of Appalachian people to cities like Cincinnati for jobs in industry created a set of dynamics in which mountain people needed to adapt to a different way of life, and ...
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...
Reporter and Editor Chris Graves and Coverage of the Pike County Murders
by Mike Templeton The focus of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition is primarily the people and issues that define the urban Appalachian experience. That said, we are never removed from the peopl...
Meiser’s Fresh Grocery & Deli in Lower Price Hill Offers an Oasis Amid the Food Deserts
by Mike Templeton The holiday season is a happy time for most folks. This is a time for family and celebrations. But as we know, this time of year weighs heavily on people who struggle to simply put f...
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...
Accessing the Archives of Urban Appalachia
by Mike Templeton Advocacy on behalf of urban Appalachians in Cincinnati goes back to 1964 with the work at the Main Street Bible Center that primarily served people in Over-the-Rhine. In a previous b...
Urban Appalachian Families at the Over-the-Rhine Museum
by Mike Templeton The cultural makeup of Over-the-Rhine has gone through several distinct shifts over the decades, transitioning from its original German atmosphere which gave the neighborhood its nam...
Hy Thurman: The Revolutionary Hillbilly
by Mike Templeton From the earliest days of mountain people sharing resources in isolated regions of Appalachia to our contemporary work of advocating access to education and health care in both urban...
Sara Moore Wagner’s Hillbilly Madonna and the Poetry of Contemporary Urban Appalachian Experience
by Mike Templeton Urban Appalachians, by definition, exist in two worlds. We are of the urban world, and we are of the mountain regions that have historically defined Appalachian people. Our poets and...
Re-run: Aw, Shucks: A Brief Discourse on Shucky Beans
by Mike Templeton Fall is in full swing, and for many Appalachians this season is a time for harvesting and processing garden provisions. Drying and canning produce is a sustainable way to enjoy home-...
Luke Bauserman and American Mythology
by Mike Templeton An important part of research in Appalachian studies is in the areas of folklore and folk history. Appalachian State University, for instance, has an entire folklore section as part ...
Tailypo, Tailypo, Who or What is Tailypo
by Mike Templeton Cover illustration by Katherine Coville It is October—spooky season—and it seems appropriate to bring you one of the spookier tales from Appalachian folklore. Appalachian folklor...
Roy Silver and the Appalnet Listserv
by Mike Templeton There are many resources for people involved in Appalachian research, advocacy, and study, and a primary one has been, and still is, the Appalnet listserv moderated by Roy Silver.&nb...
The John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival
by Mike Templeton As part of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition’s focus on Appalachian foodways, some months ago we featured an article on the sweet staple of Appalachian food and culture, sw...
Kendra Winchester and Read Appalachia
by Mike Templeton Having so many writers and poets involved with the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition offers us an embarrassment of riches when it comes to Appalachian literary voices. That said,...
Cameron Snowden and the Harvard College Appalachian Student Association
by Mike Templeton Most of us know the familiar story behind the phenomenon of urban Appalachians. People left the mountains for opportunities in the urban areas like Cincinnati, and we came to make ou...
The Eastern Kentucky Recovery Benefit will be at WordPlay Cincy
By Mike Templeton The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition has partnered with WordPlay Cincy and local activists Kelly Cornett and Corinne Aquino for a benefit for the Hindman Settlement School in Ea...
A Conversation with Nick Swartsell about The Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook
by Mike Templeton In December, Belt Publishing will release The Cincinnati Neighborhood Guidebook, a collection of essays written by people who live in the urban neighborhoods that give Cincinnati its...