#appalshop

[radiodark]

Appalshop shared the other day that they have a documentary that touches on the subject from 1991 available on youtube. I haven’t watched the whole thing as of yet but I understand it starts with the Bhopal disaster as context and moves on to the much smaller but still awful gas leak a year later at the only UCC plant in the US that manufactured MIC in Institute, West Virginia, which sent nearly 200 people from the surrounding mostly Black community to seek medical treatment, unpacking the racism at play and the consequences with an Appalachian focus. (Cw: it starts with live footage of the Bhopal disaster aftermath)

[hillbillyoracle]

Give more rural folks access to film making. Rural horror and urban underdog stories are so damn tired. It's time for urban horror and rural underdog stories.

[1264doghouse]

Appalshop

[antonio-velardo]

Antonio Velardo shares: After a Flood, Saving Appalachia’s History Piece by Piece by Remy Tumin

By Remy Tumin Appalshop, a cultural center in Kentucky, has recovered more than 13,500 items after a devastating flood a year ago. Many are being restored and digitized. Published: August 7, 2023 at 05:30AM from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/guqd6R9 via IFTTT

[protoslacker]

Appalshop

I was shocked to see this photo on Facebook this morning. Appalshop is a people’s  national treasure. “A Media, arts, education center & WMMT-FM producing & presenting work that celebrates the culture & voices the concerns of Appalachians & rural America.”

I somehow missed this when the flooding was happening late last week. Here’s an AP story from yesterday: Appalachian cultural center reeling from historic flooding. Appalshop’s executive director Alex Gibson is quoted in the piece:

“It’s gut-wrenching to see our beloved building overcome by floodwaters,“We will recover, but right now we are certainly mourning what’s been lost.”

On the Appalshop Facebook page there’s a photo of piles of recording tape and film that left me feeling a little sick. But it’s clear people made real efforts to secure as much as possible before the building was overcome. 

It’s a great time to find out about this marvelous center. Impacted as they are the Center is focused on their mission and the needs of the communities they serve. Help if you can: Appalachian Flood Support Resources

[golden-west]

[cricketpress]

Cricket Press had the privilege of designing this poster for an amazing upcoming event, "Hymns for the Holler" to raise some much-needed funds for Appalshop flood recovery efforts. I mean, look at his beautiful line-up of performers! 100% of proceeds will go toward Appalshop's recovery efforts after the devastating floods last week...including all sales of these posters at the event. Friday, August 12th at The Kentucky Center - Bomhard Theater in Louisville for a flood relief concert to benefit Appalshop, with performances from Joan Shelley, Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore, Joe Manning, Randy Wilson, Heather Summers, and Affrilachian Poets: Asha French, Frank X Walker, Jeremy Paden, and Makalani Brandele. For half a century, Appalshop's vital work has celebrated the distinct and beautiful culture, people, and places of Eastern Kentucky and Central Appalachia. Let's help them build back even stronger!

Poster Details: 4 color screenprint 16″ x 20″ edition of 50 available at event

[rgf-wallsplus]

Amie Villiger Harris, Appalshop "Cumberland Dragon" Mural, Whitesburg, Kentucky. 12.5' x 55'. Info via IU | amievilligerharris.com 

[chuck-clenney]

[brandonraykirk]

Celebrating 50th anniversary at #Appalshop #whitesburg #ky #Appalachia #history #photos (at Appalshop) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hmJUOHbTQtZCgIQ9Jm30DfR9eyawdCG-OuCg0/?igshid=kxg15ftx2p0r

[kateelizabethfowler]

Excerpts from the 100 Days in Appalachia project, produced in collaboration with my weekly photography class at the Appalachian Media Institute.

[seedtimeonthecumberland]

Special Events at Seedtime

At Seedtime, you can come for the music and stay for the special events! On Friday, we’ll have documentary screenings from the Appalachian Media Institute, theater performances, and two galleries: “Tools of Culture Historical Instrument Gallery,” and “Warm Guns at the Gun Sew.” All of that is in addition to the music you’ve been hearing about all week on WMMT!

[kimzplace]

William R. “Pictureman” Mullins photographed black, white, indigenous, & immigrant Appalachians from 1935-55 — correcting the record of an Appalachia that's often whitewashed.

During American Archives Month, let's tell our WHOLE history.

📸Hollyfield family, Mullins, 1945, Appalshop Archive preserved

@kimzplace

[lightningskissed]

I grew up in rural Appalachia. I lived in a county that was hit so hard by drugs that it made national news a lot for a while. I saw families whose kids slept in lean to rooms with space heaters. You get multiple generations living together or near one another cause the oldest generation owns land that people just couldn't afford now. Education is nowhere where it needs to be, and when I was growing up, we lived in two counties that had education fund embezzling scandals. And solved shortfalls by cutting arts and school nurses in one case.

There are coal mining towns that art practically ghost towns because republican leaders want to heavily tax or otherwise discourage other industries that would be interested in setting up there. And they are very good at spinning this to the public who, as mentioned, doesn't always have access to good education.

These people deserve better. And if you want to change the world, it has to start with health care and education.

If you haven't heard of it before, check out Appalshop, an arts and culture center with a focus on Appalachia, education, community, arts, etc.

i hate when someone says “don’t make jokes about rednecks and hillbillies” and some white 21 year old trying to be ‘woke’ says “haha… go ahead and cry your white tears sweatie (:”

no one thinks it’s a racial issue against white people. that’s not why people say to stop that shit. it’s an issue of classism. because the truth is that the majority of y’all who think you’re amazing activists just REALLY fucking hate appalachian people, and i know that because y’all think it’s funny to say “karma’s a bitch!” when something bad happens to an appalachian state.

you don’t care about the poverty in the appalachia and you don’t care about queer people and/or people of color who live in the appalachia. you don’t care about education in the appalachia and you don’t care that these low rates of education mean higher rates of poverty and child poverty, which persist over the years. rural children are twice as likely to live in areas with persistent poverty. you care that poverty stricken children are statistically less likely to not have timely immunizations, have higher delinquency rates, and have lower academic achievement — but only when we’re talking about urban areas outside of the appalachia.

people in our region die earlier than most. mortality rates are higher in the appalachia, and they’re even higher for people of color that live in the appalachia. suicide rates are higher than anywhere else in the country by 17% — it’s 31% higher in central appalachia, and in rural areas within the appalachia, it’s 27% higher than metro appalachia. cancer morality rate is 10% higher, and it’s 15% higher in rural appalachia than metro appalachia. COPD mortality rate is 27% higher, and 55% higher in rural appalachia than metro appalachia. injury mortality rate is 33% higher, and it’s 47% higher in rural appalachia than in metro appalachia. stroke mortality rate is 14% higher — and you guessed it’s, these rates are higher in rural areas vs metro areas by 8%. the rate of Years of Potential Life Lost, which measures premmature mortality from all causes of death, is 25% higher in appalachia, and 40% higher in rural vs metro areas.

the appalachia has an opioid epidemic. in 2015, our rate of death with drugs was 65% higher than the national average. 69% of those drug deaths were from opioids. these deaths have a connection to our poverty and education rates. the poorer you are, and the less educated you are, the more likely you are to die from an opioid death.

when i say “don’t make jokes about rednecks and hillbillies”, that doesn’t mean i think you’re being racist against white people (and again — the majority of people who claim this also happen to be white 🙄). i say that because you are perpetuating extremely toxic rhetoric about our region, you are promoting stigma, you are encouraging blatant classism, and you are furthering the idea that we somehow “deserve” it because our elected officials vote republican. it’s not cute. stop acting like none of us have the right to call you out on your classist bullshit. like i’m sorry if this comes off as too aggressive but i am sooooo sick of y’all thinking it’s funny that our region is suffering.

and before anyone asks me for resources and links: google exists. i did my research and you can do it too.

EDIT: https://www.arc.gov/assets/research_reports/Health_Disparities_in_Appalachia_Trends_in_Appalachian_Health.pdf here, since y’all are too fucking obnoxiously incapable of taking 2.3 seconds google and instead want to claim I pulled random numbers from my asshole

also here https://www.arc.gov/assets/research_reports/Health_Disparities_in_Appalachia_August_2017.pdf

[appalachiananarchist]

Appalachian Flood Relief Resources

Last post update: August 5, 11:50pm

Eastern Kentucky has been affected by historic and devastating flooding this July. Somewhere between 35-40 people are dead. This post is designed to compile information for the relief efforts. It will be edited and updated as new information is made available to me, so if you see this post and want to reblog it, please click on my profile and reblog directly from my page in case I have edited or updated the post! Please message me with questions.

Monetary Donations:

Below is a compiled list of some donation funds for the 2022 Eastern KY flood relief efforts. Please look through these or look into any of these organizations to decide if you are comfortable donating.

Aspire Appalachia (website here)

Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky (website here)

EKY Flood Relief (KY state fund)

EKY Mutual Aid (Twitter here)

Appalachian Regional Healthcare flood relief fund

EKY Heritage Foundation here

Shop Local KY T shirt fundraiser here

Appalachian Apparel T shirt fundraise here and here

Volunteering:

If you are local to the area, please consider a donation of your time. There is a lot of work that needs done and a lot of people needed to do it. You will lose access to clean water, so bring your own. You will need to find your own accommodations if you stay overnight as we are housing many displaced residents already.

Hazard, KY is looking for volunteers to help clean out debris and houses daily. Crews are leaving from the Forum 101 Bulldog Lane at 8am, 10am, and 12pm. You must be over 18. This is physically demanding work. Just show up at the Forum before noon. Bring your own water and food. Long pants and boots required. Tetanus shot recommended. (And if you know a house that needs this service, contact:  606-268-0896)

Contact info for inquiries into volunteer roles in Breathitt county: (606) 233-3502

Perry County volunteer sign up here or call volunteering coordinator at (502) 693-6667

For rescue effort volunteering in Perry County, contact 606-216-6621

Letcher County Central High in Whitesburg is requesting volunteers from 8am to 7pm - simply show up by 8:15am.

Letcher County Central High Mercy Chefs volunteering information

Letcher County cleanup volunteering: contact (606) 733-5620

Kentucky Red Cross volunteer application. Search "disaster action team" to find positions that respond to natural disasters like the flood.

World Central Kitchen Volunteering form (scroll down until you see the entries for “KY Floods”). 301 Perry Cir Rd, Hazard, KY.

Appalshop archival recovery efforts volunteering form

Materials Donations:

If you want to donate items, one of the most desperately needed items in all counties right now is clean drinking water, followed by non-perishable food, cleaning supplies, diapers, formula, and personal hygeine products. Perry county specifically is requesting NO MORE CLOTHING donations. 

Google doc listing various drop off locations

Aspire Appalachia amazon wish list here

Shop Local KY Amazon wish list here

Updated drop off locations for Breathitt County materials donations at Aspire Appalachia's facebook (currently:  First Church of God, Breathitt County Hunger Alliance Panbowl Community Center, Jackson City School, and Vancleve Fire Dept.)

Updated Perry County flood response, including materials drop off locations, here. The ONLY major location accepting drop-offs in Hazard is  the old JC Penny’s building (278 Black Gold Blvd). Perry county water drop off info: contact 513-312-8631. Perry county food drop off info: contact 606-438-9109.

Letcher County: Letcher County Central High School (435 Cougar Drive, Whitesburg)

Letcher County: CANE Kitchen (38 College Drive, Whitesburg)

Letcher County: Pine Mountain Partnership; see link for various drop off/pick up locations and times. 

Further info on drop off information for Letcher, Knott, Floyd, and Pike counties here at Appalshop

Lexington drop off locations: Shop Local KY Warehouse in (1093 West High Street, Lexington, KY); Appalachian Regional Healthcare drop-off location at  2260 Executive Dr Lexington KY.

If you are part of an organization capable of medical supplies donations, please email vanbreedingmd@gmail.com with inquiries. There is an URGENT need for replacement medical supplies!

[bellshazes]

anyone who makes jokes or says the folks in EKY deserve the flooding today can die. straight up fuck you, fuck off, we did this in december with WKY and the tornadoes. I hope every one of these fucking jackass hoity toity high falutin goddamn piece of shit "liberals" goes to hell expediently. just because you hate my state bc mitch mcconnell lives here doesn't give you the right to gloat when children drown and people lose fucking everything. I keep seeing updates from appalshop and coming so close to bursting into tears