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...
Young Leaders Reflect: A Joyful Noise
In our Young Leaders Reflect series, UACC is sharing reflections from area students who participate in the Urban Appalachian Leadership Project (UALP). Through UALP, Appalachian Innovation Grants have...
Express Appalachia
You’re Invited! Read all about these wonderful student leaders and their recent performance below. We hope to see you tonight, Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 6:30pm! Earlier this month Urban Appalach...
“Who We Are” a Journalism Class Poem
Thanks to a collaboration between the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, Oyler Community Learning Center and Thomas More University, Core Member Pauletta Hansel (who also serves as one of TMU’...
915 Poetry Project
The 915 Poetry Project takes place at 5 pm The Second Sunday of the month at 915 Pub & Grill | 915 North Fort Thomas Avenue Fort Thomas, KY 41075 Bring something to read or just sit back and enjo...
Celebrating Urban Appalachian Voices at Miami Hamilton
by Matthew Smith This fall Miami University’s Hamilton campus hosts a unique and exciting public program, reuniting three powerful voices of Appalachian poetry and storytelling. This free event, ent...
The Urban Appalachian Leadership Project
The Urban Appalachian Leadership Project is envisioned as a coalition of students and young adults, community advocates, scholars, artists, and others who empower community members to acknowledge dive...
Urban Appalachian Events
The Urban Appalachian Community Coalition partners with other organizations and venues to present arts programs that educate and entertain while celebrating the rich culture of Appalachians in the gre...
Appalachian Culture Month
by Omope Carter Daboiku Omope Carter Daboiku is a wordsmith, actress and storyteller based in Dayton and Cincinnati. A folklorist with specialties in African, Affrilachian, Appalachian, and Native Ame...
Something’s Wrong Here, We Need to Right It
By Bonnie Neumeier Bonnie Neumeier is a long-time advocate for Black and Appalachian urban core neighborhoods in Cincinnati. She has witnessed the decline of these residential neighborhoods over the...
Urban Appalachians Join the Cincinnati Child Poverty Collaborative
By Katie Trauth Taylor On Saturday, June 25th, a crowd of nearly 600 people participated in the Cincinnati Child Poverty Collaborative Summit held at Xavier University’s Cintas Center. The summit in...
Cincinnati
by Roscoe Morgan Roscoe Morgan grew up on Elm Street in Over the Rhine and now lives in Tennessee. He is a renowned bluegrass recording artist, music teacher and producer, and songwriter (on the web a...
“Kentucky Wonder” (poem for Tom Taylor)
by Barb Childers Tom Taylor, an exceptional northern Kentucky fiddler, was born March 17, 1924, in Adair County on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee. He was proud to say “Both states ...
Poetry from “Words 2015”
In April 2015, Thomas More College celebrated its Words writing program with a writing showcase and publication of the Words 2015 collection of writings. Under the leadership of long-time UACC suppo...
Reflections on the Inner City
Posted by Phil Obermiller During the 1950s and 1960s Appalachian families moved into Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in great numbers. The people were proud but poor; the poverty was plain ...
Words as Action: Making a Literary Difference Beyond Classroom Walls
By Sherry Cook Stanforth Professor of English, Thomas More College The Words writing celebration, founded by Sherry Cook Stanforth, is held annually at Thomas More College and showcases student writin...
Archives Team
UACC Archives On the Archives Team, we effort to collect media and materials that document and discuss migrant and urban Appalachian experiences that may interest contemporary journalists, poets, scre...
Cultural Resources Team
UACC Cultural Resources Team Our work within the Cultural Resources team is concerned with the gathering and dissemination of information about Appalachian history and culture, including an online cul...