tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41781835103349181372024-03-14T02:06:13.532-07:00Blacks in AppalachiaBlacks in Appalachia
Also see Web site: Wilburn Hayden - http://wilburnhayden.com/index.phpMark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-82586103288127586562019-12-08T08:08:00.002-08:002019-12-08T08:08:25.435-08:00Many left the south to arrive in Pittsburgh because of the schools<a href="https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/02/pittsburghs-black-renaissance-started-in-its-schools/554237/?fbclid=IwAR3kENIayNQfAyEJPfLvY_gPrTBfNfQHIv0DCPzXz7M-GysTQcpMiGuvxs8">https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/02/pittsburghs-black-renaissance-started-in-its-schools/554237/?fbclid=IwAR3kENIayNQfAyEJPfLvY_gPrTBfNfQHIv0DCPzXz7M-GysTQcpMiGuvxs8</a>Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-13614456693334864552019-12-04T06:49:00.001-08:002019-12-04T06:49:46.395-08:00Nations in the nation -- so they say<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-11-nations-of-the-united-states-2015-7?utm_content=buffer2c626&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-politics&fbclid=IwAR2jSYenCNzMyzVPFpHlCWwvLQwt6I0aLPjoluM2ysKXt281Pqk6opqeq_A">https://www.businessinsider.com/the-11-nations-of-the-united-states-2015-7?utm_content=buffer2c626&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-politics&fbclid=IwAR2jSYenCNzMyzVPFpHlCWwvLQwt6I0aLPjoluM2ysKXt281Pqk6opqeq_A</a><br />
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<br />Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-64472616011644321822018-08-22T06:53:00.001-07:002018-08-22T06:53:25.064-07:00Coggeshall, John M. (2018). Liberia, South Carolina: An African American Appalachian Community. Chapel Hill: UNC Press<br />
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An excellent contribution to the historical lives of black
Appalachian people that traces enslaved blacks to contemporary times. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604280042643516185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-49452480018914576232018-04-16T07:55:00.003-07:002018-04-16T07:55:31.258-07:00Report for America<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/business/media/report-for-america-service.html" target="_blank">Journalists are a service project too. </a>Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-60451833811101889002018-03-23T15:08:00.001-07:002018-03-23T15:08:49.337-07:00Appalachian Studies Conference 2018 Black Appalachian Sessions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ASC Black Appalachian Sessions<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">3.12 - Panel: Documenting Black Cemeteries in SWVA </i></b>Convener:
Willie Dodson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“The Ike Shade Cemetery in
Haysi, Virginia and the beginning of the SWVA Black Cemetery Collective,” </b>Willie
Dodson (Appalachian Voices)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“The Collier Slave Cemetery in
Jonesville, Virginia,”</b> Amy Clark (University of Virginia Wise) <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Documenting Black History in
Appalachia,”</b> William Isom (East Tennessee PBS) <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Searching for Grandma in
Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Norton, Virginia,”</b> Terran Young (Highlander
Center)<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 17.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Heritage and Culture in Western Maryland,”</b> Brenna Bohn and Andrew J. Dayton
(Frostburg State University)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Panel: Cultural Sustainability: Black Fiddle Roots, Ballad Roots, White<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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Community Sustainability Theater</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Convener: Cece Conway <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Our Southern Mountains,”</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Cece Conway <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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9:30 AM<span style="mso-tab-count: 8;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Opening Mini-Plenaries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Diversity and Inclusion: Speaking of Equity and Justice: Stories and
Discussion</i></b> Convener: Susan Spalding Omope Carter Daboiku (Homeside
Cultural Programming), Wilburn Hayden (York<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>University), Shanita Jackson (Berea College), and Stacie Sexton (Kentucky
Health Justice Network)<o:p></o:p></div>
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11:00 AM<span style="mso-tab-count: 8;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Concurrent Sessions
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and Inclusion: 6.1 - Panel: Black Appalachian History</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Convener: Wilburn
Hayden <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">“Emancipation Day: Gallia County, Ohio,”</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> William Isom II (East
Tennessee PBS), <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Spreading our
Wings—Black Huntingtonian Progress during the Era of Benevolent Segregation’,”</b>
Cicero M. Fain (College of Southern Maryland), <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“African American Miners in the West Virginia Mine Wars,”</b> John
Blatzheim (Rice University) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Preserving
Culture and Worship: The Black Church in Appalachia,”</b> Franklyn Charles, and
Aaron Atkins (Ohio University) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Health, and Migration</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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April 8, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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11:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">10.1 -
Panel: Investigations of Regional Writing</span></i></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Convener: Thomas A. Holmes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The Racial Other in Fred Chappell’s Brighten the
Corner Where You Are,”</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> Marcy Pedzwater (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "agaramond bold" , serif;">WV NASW 2017 Spring Continuing Education Conference
for Social Workers</span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "agaramond" , serif;">Wednesday–Friday,
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">40th Annual ASA Conference<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.appalachianstudies.org/annualconference"><strong><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif;">EXTREME Appalachia! </span></strong>March
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<span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Session</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: blue;">3.18</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 107%;">Higher</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 107%;">Education</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;">|<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Race</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ethnicity</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><b>Race,<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Desegregation,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Education</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span></b><i><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Convener</span></i><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><b>Peter<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Wallenstein</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">‘‘Race,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Desegregation,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Education</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">between</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Goal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Posts</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Hope:<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>Role<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">an</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Integrated</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Football</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Team</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.05pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Amicable</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">School</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Desegregation</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">West</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Virginia</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Coal</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Town,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Michael</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">N.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>Kline,<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Talking</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Across</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Lines,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">LLC</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Making</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Whitest</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">HBCU,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Dana</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">Stoker<span style="letter-spacing: 5.45pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Cochran,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">
</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Radford</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">M</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">a</span>r<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">y</span>v<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>lle<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>C<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">o</span>lle<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">g</span>e,<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">1</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">8</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">6</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">0</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;">-</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.5pt;">-</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">-</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">19</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">60</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">s,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;">’</span>’<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Peter<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">W</span>alle<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ns</span>tei<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">n</span>,</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Affrilachian</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Asheville:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Exploring</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">130<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">years</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">African</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">‘‘Philanthropic</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Experimentation:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">George</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Vanderbilt,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">YMI,<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Racial</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Uplift</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ideology</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 107%;">Land</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 107%;">and</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 107%;">Landscape</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;">|<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">History</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>|<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> Race</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ethnicity</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><b>Race<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Historical</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Practices</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appalachia</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span></b><i><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Convener</span></i><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><b>Andrew<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Lee</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Feight</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-font-width: 99%;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">‘‘The</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Burning</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">CCC<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Camp</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Adams:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Segregation</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>&<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Sabotage</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ohio's</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>Shawnee<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">State</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Forest,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Andrew</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Lee</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Feight,</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Shawnee</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">State</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Music</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Dance</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Musical</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">&<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Dance</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Cultural</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Diversity</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Extreme</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-font-width: 99%;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">‘‘Diverse</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Musical</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Voices</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Extreme</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Appalachia,’’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US">Cece<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Conway,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appalachian</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">State</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-font-width: 99%;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">‘‘Flatfooting</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Meets<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Charleston</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Southwest</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Virginia</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Coalfields,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Susan<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Spalding,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US">Berea<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">College</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-font-width: 99%;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">‘‘Sexy,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Saucy,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Bachata:<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Dominican</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Two-step</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appalachia?’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Shawn<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Terrell,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appalachian</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">State<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Session</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: blue;">6.4</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Critical</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Interventions</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Organizing</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">|<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Race</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ethnicity</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Class</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Identity,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">White</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Racial<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Identity,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>Social<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Justice</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 10.0pt;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">‘‘Class</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Identity,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Experiences,<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Intersections</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>among<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>Young<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">College-educated</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">People</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">West</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Virginia,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Anna<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>R.<span style="letter-spacing: 4.05pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Terman</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ohio</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 10.0pt;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">‘‘Cultural</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Crisis,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">White<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Privilege,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Class</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appalachia:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">An</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Analysis</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>Selected<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Memoirs,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Marie</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Tedesco</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">East</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: 4.9pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Tennessee</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">State</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 10.0pt;">§<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Respondent</span></i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">:</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Matthew</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">S.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Richards</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Appalachian</span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">State<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span></span><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Sponsored</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">by</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">the</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Virginia</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Foundation</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">for<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>Humanities</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">19th<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Century</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">African</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">American</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Quilters</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appalachia</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Appalachia,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Jamie</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Myers</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro";">Mize</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">North<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Georgia</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>-<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Gainesville</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>|<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> Education</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>|<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">History</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Workshop</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">|<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Organizing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>|<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Race</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ethnicity</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appalachia:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Organizing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">White</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>People<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Change</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Using</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">interactive</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">exercises<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>SURJ<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">(Showing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Up</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">for</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Racial</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Justice),</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">participants</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>explore<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">their</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">attitudes</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.45pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">experiences</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">action</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">racial</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">justice,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">as</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">well</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">as</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">history</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">white</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">anti-racists</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">country</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">region.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.95pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">workshop</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">considers</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">experience</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Kentuckians</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">for</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Commonwealth</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">incorporating</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">racial</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">History</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">|<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Politics</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>Government<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Headquarters,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">1945-60,’’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Lou<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Martin</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Chatham<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">University</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Session 8.1</span></span>, Highlighted Session Literary Reading<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Session 8.3: Field Trip</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">History</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">|<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Race</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Ethnicity</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Solitude</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Historic</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Farmhouse</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Slave<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Dwelling</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Dating</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">back</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">more<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">than</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>200<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">years,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Solitude</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">was</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">first</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">farmhouse</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">at</span> <span style="color: #0563c1;"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ASAsignups"><span style="color: #0563c1; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">http://tinyurl.com/ASAsignups</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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40th Annual ASA Conference<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.appalachianstudies.org/annualconference"><strong><span style="font-family: "Myriad Pro",sans-serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">E</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Myriad Pro",sans-serif; font-size: 27.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">X</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Myriad Pro",sans-serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">TREME Appalachia! </span></strong>March 9-12, 2017</a> Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Virginia <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Wilburn/AppData/Local/Temp/2017-preliminary-program2.pdf">file:///C:/Users/Wilburn/AppData/Local/Temp/2017-preliminary-program2.pdf</a>
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theme for the 40th annual Appalachian Studies Conference. By
"extreme" we mean the impassioned commitments people have to the
region, the land, and Appalachian communities, ways of life, and livelihoods.
We mean the ways extreme economics—excessive resource extraction and use,
underfunding of public education and services, and dismal job
opportunities—have sparked community resilience and activism that advance a
sustainable future for the region. “Extreme Appalachia” also references
exploitative pop culture products like reality television programming—as well
as the countering power of the region’s visual, performance, and literary arts
to nurture, provoke, and inspire. In the face of extremity, regionalist
scholarship continues to augment ongoing struggles for racial, social,
economic, and environmental justice.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="textinboxbodys">Conference registration is handled by the
University of Illinois Press. Please visit:</span><br />
<span class="textinboxbodys"><a href="http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/jas/subscription.html" target="_blank">http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/jas/subscription.html</a>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Appalachian Studies Association Diversity and Inclusion Committee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Saturday March 11, 2017 8AM</span></div>
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40th Annual ASA Conference<br /><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.appalachianstudies.org/annualconference"><strong><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif;">E</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif; font-size: 27.0pt;">X</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "myriad pro" , sans-serif;">TREME Appalachia! </span></strong>March
9-12, 2017</a> Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
meeting is open to all. Please invite others who are interested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Building Transformative Communities and Collective People Power, led by<b>
</b>Kierra Sims and Samir Rohlin Hazboun of Highlander – content,
logistics, timing.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Inclusion-sponsored session for the ASA conference in Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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neutral pronouns and whether we want to adopt one of them for next year
for both nametags and the program<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friday
10:30-12:45pm; </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Session
2.1: Organizing | Diversity and Inclusion Committee Workshop <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Building
Transformative Communities and Collective People Power </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sponsored
by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Virginia Tech </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
workshop continues through lunch. Lunch is also offered courtesy of the Office
of Diversity and Inclusion at Virginia Tech to those who preregistered at </span></i><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ASAsignups" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/ASAsignups</a>.<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
session will explore how systemic forms of oppression are manifested in our
daily lives and will build collective analysis around the importance of
acknowledging race and class privilege in an economic transition movement with
lower and working class people at the forefront. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kierra
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604280042643516185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-48919149023355726192017-03-07T06:13:00.003-08:002017-03-07T06:13:19.451-08:00Remake Learning checked in with an article on coal<br />
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<span style="color: #888888;">by <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://remakelearning.org/?author%3D18&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNHLmOz0wTV1wPY3ytt961TEcJEECA" href="http://remakelearning.org/?author=18" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136) !important;" target="_blank">Sarah Jackson</a></span></td></tr>
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President Trump has vowed to “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/02/16/president-trump-putting-coal-country-back-work&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNGK_H1ElM3J14PG8mHkBnNi7afFrQ" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/02/16/president-trump-putting-coal-country-back-work" style="color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">put coal country back to work</a>.” On the campaign trail he promised to bring back jobs to the industry. And in February, he <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/319938-trump-signs-bill-undoing-obama-coal-mining-rulehttp://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/319938-trump-signs-bill-undoing-obama-coal-mining-rule&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNGct7Ft1rBcfJ2zC6zDvDlFfGkrew" href="http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/319938-trump-signs-bill-undoing-obama-coal-mining-rulehttp://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/319938-trump-signs-bill-undoing-obama-coal-mining-rule" style="color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">got rid of a stream protection regulation</a> he called a “job-killing rule.”</div>
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But many in the region aren’t counting on President Trump to solve all their problems.</div>
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Instead, new programs in states hit by deindustrialization aim to diversify local economies, retrain workers, and create a pipeline of new workers prepared for jobs, like coding, in the new economy.</div>
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Education, and “re-education,” are big parts of this picture.</div>
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In “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.wired.com/2017/02/programming-is-the-new-blue-collar-job/&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNGeKvxKr0Ong9hDZhclZHq5Brz9dg" href="https://www.wired.com/2017/02/programming-is-the-new-blue-collar-job/" style="color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">The Next Big Blue Collar Job is Coding</a>,” Wired Magazine’s Clive Thompson thinks learning to code may be akin to learning to weld in the past—a path to the middle class. He points to local programs like CodeTN that is encouraging local high school students in Tennessee to attend coding program at community colleges. Thompson argues that introducing kids to vocational training in computer science in high school may be a better idea than always urging four-year degrees.</div>
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“These sorts of coders won’t have the deep knowledge to craft wild new algorithms for flash trading or neural networks. Why would they need to? That level of expertise is rarely necessary at a job. But any blue-collar coder will be plenty qualified to sling JavaScript for their local bank. That’s a solidly middle-class job, and middle-class jobs are growing: The national average salary for IT jobs is about $81,000 (more than double the national average for all jobs), and the field is set to expand by 12 percent from 2014 to 2024, faster than most other occupations.”</div>
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In Pittsburgh, husband and wife duo Amanda Laucher and Jonathan Graham are developing programs to train coal miners to code, for free. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.minedminds.org/&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNG5fArJwG6Qwnxgrmn8ns_RPWixfA" href="http://www.minedminds.org/" style="color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">Mining Minds</a>, in Greene County just south of Pittsburgh, helps displaced coal miners learn to code from the comfort of their homes. Laucher, a Greene County native, saw her brother struggle to find a job after coal and it struck her that she could help. She and her husband, an avid coder, launched Mining Minds as a nonprofit coding school. “They heard from coal miners and economic developers in the region that these guys didn’t want to drive for training,” Linda Topoleski of Allegheny Conference on Community Development told us. So they brought coding to them. Not only can miners learn to code online, but they can then become contract coders and work online from home.</div>
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These efforts are also tackling another problem: the pipeline is empty. Pittsburgh’s local institutions are working closely with businesses and technology firms to address the region’s “pipeline problem” —the fact that the region isn’t graduating enough children with the skills they need to meet future employer demand.</div>
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As we <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://remakelearning.org/blog/2016/11/16/pittsburghs-pipeline-problem-and-how-the-city-is-solving-it/&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNHJYFE9WKecHm9rlAf050rYa0GjkA" href="http://remakelearning.org/blog/2016/11/16/pittsburghs-pipeline-problem-and-how-the-city-is-solving-it/" style="color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">wrote on this blog in the fall</a>:</div>
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"<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.catalystconnection.org/&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNG_sD64oqMPHqqOC9Dayyn0qsyzDg" href="http://www.catalystconnection.org/" style="color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">Catalyst Connection</a>, an economic development organization focused on small manufacturers, for example, connects employers with students directly. The organization runs ten-week programs that have students solving real-world problems for the business. Students visit the company, learn about an issue or problem that has arisen, and then go back to the classroom to come up with a solution.”</div>
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“We aren’t so crazy to think we can just train people for jobs that don’t exist,” says Jeff Hawkins, the director of the education cooperative in Kentucky. “We have to train them in technical areas for jobs that they can get immediately.”</div>
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And who knows where that will lead. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-coal-trump-appalachia-economy.html&source=gmail&ust=1488982315804000&usg=AFQjCNEUL9IEMnSiZyhWUBObt8JrDYcTjw" href="http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-coal-trump-appalachia-economy.html" style="color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">Governing Magazine recently reported</a> on the Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative, 19 school districts in the southeastern part of the state that was originally formed to pool their purchasing power and save money on basic supplies.</div>
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Now, writes Governing’s Alan Greenblatt “it runs all kinds of joint training ventures—participating in computer hackathons for rural health, instructing kids on aviation and aeronautics, helping students combine coal spores with algae to create a new biofuel. The results have been impressive. The percentage of high school students who are assessed as ready for college or careers is nearly 90 percent—up from less than 60 percent five years ago.”</div>
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Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-48651563568029679652017-03-05T13:00:00.001-08:002017-03-05T13:00:39.133-08:00NYT covers Pittsburgh and Underground RailroadArtice to consider.<br />
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Rural Appalachia Faces Growing Cancer Crisis, Research Shows</h2>
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It's the only region in the U.S. that hasn't made big progress in fighting the disease.
Rural Appalachia Faces Growing Cancer Crisis, Research Shows<br />
<br />While the rest of the United States makes major strides against cancer, a cancer crisis is taking hold in rural Appalachia.<br />
A University of Virginia (UVA) team analyzed federal government data and found that between 1969 and 2011, cancer rates fell in every U.S. region except rural Appalachia.<br />
Over the study period, rural Appalachia went from having the nation's lowest cancer death rate to the highest. Cancer death rates were nearly 15 percent higher in Virginia's rural Appalachian counties than in non-Appalachian urban areas nationwide. In rural Appalachian areas of Kentucky, cancer death rates rose 36 percent.<br />
Rural residents in every state in the Appalachian region, except Maryland, had higher cancer death rates than their urban counterparts, the study found.
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"Almost 40 percent more cancer mortalities [in rural Kentucky] than in the other United States. I think that's crazy," researcher Nengliang (Aaron) Yao said in a university news release.<br />
In addition, people in Appalachia are more likely to die within three to five years of their cancer diagnoses than people in urban areas outside the region, and breast cancer is less likely to be caught early, the researchers said.<br />
Yao cited several economic, geographic and political barriers to quality cancer care in the region.<br />
"They don't use a lot of health care. It means they don't spend a lot of CMS [U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] money, and if you don't spend, you won't be considered high-cost patients," said Yao. He is an assistant professor of public health sciences in the School of Medicine and the UVA Cancer Center.<br />
"If you're not high-cost patients, it is hard to draw attention from policymakers and payers," Yao added.<br />
Other problems include widespread poverty, high levels of smoking and obesity, and poor access to health care, the study authors noted.<br />
The study was published recently in the Journal of Rural Health.<br />Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-69798466472653771512016-09-05T14:59:00.001-07:002016-09-05T14:59:33.173-07:00A letter from a free man to his former slave owner from before the Civil WarHistorians know of this letter, but it is now getting more popular with social media.<div>
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Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-24805662015776377812016-04-25T05:04:00.002-07:002016-04-25T05:04:47.630-07:00Heading home from workWest Virginia workers heading home after a day on the job. Photo from 1910.<br />
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<br />Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-404823887219081162016-04-24T14:24:00.003-07:002016-04-24T14:24:48.534-07:00North Carolina Travel -- one option<div class="tr_bq">
The annual gathering is slated for North Carolina, and what some are going to do.</div>
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What is SUUSI doing about HB2?</h2>
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<br /><br />Many people in our SUUSI community and in the larger Unitarian Universalist world have expressed concern about the recent passage of HB2, a North Carolina law that mandates discriminatory practices towards transgender and gender-non-conforming people, overturns local non-discrimination laws across North Carolina enacted to protect LGBT people, and effectively repeals state-level non-discrimination laws altogether.<br /> <br /><br />The SUUSI Board has issued a strong statement condemning HB2. And yet we understand that a statement is not enough. Given that SUUSI’s new home is in North Carolina, we find ourselves called to respond forcefully to this law and to join the work of getting it repealed and/or overturned. We are convinced that our presence in North Carolina as religious people opposed to the types of discrimination that HB2 represents can be a positive force for justice in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast.<br /><br />As the SUUSI director, I thought it would be wise to update all who are concerned about HB2 as to what SUUSI is doing and working on.<br /><br />First, we have been in contact with our new hosts at Western Carolina University to ensure that SUUSI participants, no matter their gender identity or expression, will be safe and welcome on campus. Our hosts have been gracious and kind, and have expressed their commitment to working with SUUSI to ensure that HB2 does not affect our participants negatively. The Conferences Director at WCU assured us this: “This legislation is by no means a reflection of most of the people of the state of North Carolina. It certainly is not a reflection of how anyone will be treated on the campus of Western Carolina University. Western Carolina University will continue to welcome all groups and treat everyone with the utmost respect and dignity.”<br /> <br /><br />Next, we are reaching out to local organizations to offer our assistance and our voices in their work on behalf of LGBT people in Western North Carolina. We have offered our willingness to engage in public religious witness against HB2, but will not plan any such witness if transgender people in the Cullowhee community feel that it would make them less safe. We have offered also to help raise funds for their work. A list of organizations to which you might consider making donations is at the end of this letter.<br /><br />We have also pledged to join the fight against HB2 in the courts. It is clear to many legal experts that the first part of HB2, regarding transgender people and bathrooms, is blatantly in conflict with Federal law, and is probably unconstitutional. A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on a case involving a law in Virginia backs up this opinion. At its most recent meeting, the SUUSI Board pledged $2000 from SUUSI 2016 to the Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice’s fund for legal expenses in challenging HB2.<br /><br />We are trying our best to reduce the economic benefit of SUUSI to North Carolina, and to let NC government officials know that their state is losing revenue because of HB2. Toward that end, SUUSI Core Staff traveling to Western NC for our June meeting will fly in and out of Atlanta, Georgia. We will rent cars there and fill them up on the Georgia side of the GA-NC border, where we will also stock up on supplies and snacks. We are compiling resources for SUUSI participants to help them spend less money in North Carolina, and we will collect receipts at SUUSI to show NC officials the money that could have been spent in their state. As we understand that many people’s travel necessitates long routes through NC, we are trying to compile a list of businesses that have explicitly opposed HB2, so that we might funnel our travel dollars to them. We expect that this will also include a list of businesses that have declared their bathrooms open to all.<br /><br />Finally, we are in conversation with UUA staff about making SUUSI a key place to disseminate resources for people to fight transphobic and anti-LGBT legislation in their home states. As you know, NC’s HB2 is the first of what could be many such laws in the Southeast, and we would like to leverage SUUSI’s regional attendance to make sure that such bills can be stopped wherever they are proposed.<br /><br />SUUSI takes seriously our role as a religious entity newly located in North Carolina, and we take HB2 seriously as well. While we have committed to holding our conference in North Carolina, we have also committed to engaging in opposition to this odious law. We hope that you will join us in gathering on the side of love this July.<br /><br /><br /><br />Yours in Faith,<br /><br />Rev. Dr. Michael Tino, Director<br /><br />director@suusi.org</blockquote>
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Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-24424175468673304432016-04-13T08:39:00.001-07:002016-04-13T08:39:11.634-07:00Steph Curry, Tar Heel State, All-Star Game in 2017, and piece of mindIn 2016, the NBA All-Star Game visited Wilburn's home town, Toronto. In 2017, the game moves to North Carolina. Yep, that North Carolina. Some are not so happy to travel to there with the new legislation and wish to make a statement.
<a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/steph-curry-on-north-carolinas-hb-2-no-one-should-be-discriminated-against/">https://www.thenation.com/article/steph-curry-on-north-carolinas-hb-2-no-one-should-be-discriminated-against/</a>
Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-6913986401584806112016-03-13T07:39:00.002-07:002016-03-13T07:44:38.002-07:00TV show "Outsiders"Have you heard of this show, "Outsiders?"<br />
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“Outsiders,” is a WGN America series shot in
the Pittsburgh area. It has been renewed for a second season in March 2016.</div>
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“Outsiders” focuses on the Farrell clan, a
tight-knit family of renegades who have lived atop Shay Mountain in
Kentucky for more than 200 years, and their fight to defend their way of
life from anyone who dares to challenge them. TV veteran David Morse
stars as the patriarch of the family with Ryan Hurst (Opie Winston on
“Sons of Anarchy”) as his son. </div>
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The show, which debuted in January, is WGN
America's third original series and possibly its most successful. It has
drawn consistent ratings over the course of its first season to date,
drawing 2.8 million viewers in the live plus seven days rating,
according to <a href="http://variety.com/" target="_new">Variety.com</a>. </div>
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It was shot last year primarily at the 31st
Street Studios in the Strip District. Millvale and Monroeville also
were primary filming locations, according to location director John
Adkins of Regent Square, but filming also was done in Ross, Shaler,
Reserve, Harmar, Pitcairn, North Versailles, North Braddock, Turtle
Creek, Dunbar and West Newton. </div>
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Many of the supporting cast members,
including some with recurring speaking roles, live in Pittsburgh or the
region and work here regularly in film and theater. </div>
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Thirteen episodes have been ordered for
season two, but there's no word on when filming will begin. “Outsiders”
will be showcased March 12 with a screening at the SXSW festival in
Austin, Texas, according to Variety. </div>
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“Outsiders” airs at 9 p.m. Tuesdays.<br />
<ul>Links:
<li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsiders_%28TV_series%29">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsiders_%28TV_series%29</a> Wikipedia page</li>
<li><a href="http://wgnamerica.com/series/outsiders" target="_blank">http://wgnamerica.com/series/outsiders </a> official site</li>
<li><a href="http://triblive.com/aande/moreaande/10128987-74/outsiders-pittsburgh-season">http://triblive.com/aande/moreaande/10128987-74/outsiders-pittsburgh-season</a></li>
original article in Tribune Review
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Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-87897782401748125412016-03-09T08:18:00.002-08:002016-03-09T08:18:18.649-08:00Toronto Meeting<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFMMSUkF5VU/VuBMhJsxpJI/AAAAAAABAyI/0vjRMB3MLpo/s1600/Mark_Wilburn.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFMMSUkF5VU/VuBMhJsxpJI/AAAAAAABAyI/0vjRMB3MLpo/s320/Mark_Wilburn.jpg" /></a> Meeting in Toronto, Mark Rauterkus, desktop guy who didn't catch any of the typos, and author, speaker, researcher and professor, Wilburn Hayden.Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-54676083534661493392016-01-21T10:39:00.003-08:002016-01-21T10:39:46.668-08:00The Preliminary Program of the 39th Annual ASA Conference, Voices from the Misty Mountains:
Diversity and Unity, a New Appalachia, March 17-20, 2016, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown,
West Virginia is available. http://appalachianstudies.org/annualconference/.<br />
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Registration: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/jas/isubscribe.php.<br />
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Session 10.2. Sunday, March 20, 9:30 - 10:30 AM. Black Appalachian Pioneers Gather: William Turner, Wilburn Hayden & Edward Cabbel.<br />
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See you there!<br />
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Order via Amazon can go overseas. Thanks for the recent order in SKIPTON, N Yorkshire. Hope you enjoy the resource and read. Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-27292893918289642132016-01-07T21:01:00.002-08:002016-01-07T21:01:32.565-08:00Wilburns' page at YorkSee Professor's page at York:
<a href="http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=whayden">http://people.laps.yorku.ca/people.nsf/researcherprofile?readform&shortname=whayden</a>
Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-5662921117303922282015-12-14T13:41:00.002-08:002015-12-14T13:41:46.663-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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Abstract</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Garamond, serif; padding: 0cm;">Ed Cabbell, Wilburn Hayden, and Bill Turner –
natives of Appalachian WV, NC, and KY – have combined roles as academics,
researchers, and community organizers since 1968. Cabbell’s master’s thesis at Appalachian State
University <i>launched</i> Black Appalachian
Studies; Hayden served as President of the Appalachian Studies Association and
Turner, once Distinguished NEH Professor of Black and Appalachian Studies at
Berea College received the Association’s Williams/Brown Service Award. They
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604280042643516185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-63686634065588448512015-11-13T11:54:00.001-08:002015-11-13T11:54:01.696-08:00Kentucky County ArticlePoor in Kentucky.
Interesting article
<a href=" http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/12/beattyville-kentucky-and-americas-poorest-towns">
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/12/beattyville-kentucky-and-americas-poorest-towns</a>Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-84585981730824000902015-08-24T09:02:00.004-07:002015-08-24T09:02:48.711-07:00North Carolina Charter SchoolsHumm...<br />
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Are charter schools in North Carolina helping or hurting?<br />
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<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/04/15/white-parents-in-north-carolina-are-using-charter-schools-to-secede-from-the-education-system/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/04/15/white-parents-in-north-carolina-are-using-charter-schools-to-secede-from-the-education-system/</a>Mark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178183510334918137.post-91631679339914438792015-06-18T09:46:00.004-07:002018-03-25T13:42:17.518-07:00Hayden Received an Award and Presented Paper at Conferences<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "meiryo ui" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dr. Hayden was one of the Appalachian scholars recognized as a <i>Distinguished Friend of Appalachia </i>by the East Tennessee State University Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at the Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference held at ETSU, Johnson City, TN. Above signing the Center's Wall of Distinguished Friends of Appalachia.<i> </i></span><br />
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presented a paper: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Omission and
Exclusion: A Canadian Ethos</i> at the 2nd
Biennial Black Canadian Studies Association Conference (BCSA): Community, Empowerment &
Leadership in Black Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Dalhousie
University, Halifax, NS. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03604280042643516185noreply@blogger.com0