Proud Appalachian

When you live in Appalachia, and you hear someone on tv mispronounce “Appalachian”, it’s like nails down a chalkboard.

I just heard the college pronounced as “App-ah-latch-EE-un State”. 🤦🏼‍♀️

It’s just “App-ah-LATCH-un, dude.

It’s also then the last city in Appalachia. It’s geographically in the Appalachians. It’s even referred to as the Paris of Appalachia.

Renew Appalachia is putting this into practice. Community members identify and collect seeds from Champion trees across Eastern Kentucky. White oaks (pressured by bourbon barrel production), crab apples (critical bat habitat)—species that matter locally.

#Chesterfield Co. residents have been living w/ #DominionEnergy's pollution for too long! Join us this Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 5 pm. in #Chester for the state hearing for Dominion's permit for a proposed methane gas plant in the county. RSVP: https://loom.ly/W9WGgZQ #NoNewGasPlants

BLOG: Is Responsible Data Center Development Possible? To start a broader conversation around responsible data center development across diverse stakeholder groups, this blog summarizes ongoing conversations from across our coalition - and some partner re...

The conversation around data centers is heating up! But can these facilities be implemented in a way that...

🌍Minimizes environmental damage?
👷‍♂️Creates good-paying union jobs?
🔥Repurposes waste heat to benefit other industries?

Explore the topic here!
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#DataCenters
#TechJobs

God’s Country or Man’s Cage? Inside the Silent Rise of Christian Nationalism in Rural Appalachia Drive through the small towns of eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia or any part of Appalachia and the first thing that stands out is not the poverty or the abandoned factories. It is the chur…

What do you think is happening in Appalachia with the rise of Christian Nationalism?

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Feeling fired up and ready to go! Let’s come together and turn the Sixth District blue. #MountainDemocrat #FlipTheSixth @cherlynnforky.bsky.social

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Had a great time at the Millstone Festival in Richmond! Grateful for the small businesses, families, and neighbors who make Central Kentucky such a special place. 💙

#MillstoneFestival #KY06 #TeamCherlynn

Today is #WorldTeachersDay, and I want to thank my favorite teacher: my mom. 💙

She was my 2nd-grade teacher and taught me patience, kindness, and how to show up for others — lessons I carry with me every day.

Thank you to all the teachers shaping Kentucky’s future. #ThankATeacher

“Since 1955, [this North Carolina] hospital has provided emergency care – and until 2017 a birthing center – in one of the poorest corners of Appalachia, a fiercely independent, politically conservative area that voted by nearly 80% for Donald Trump in 2024.”

Mission Yearbook: Delaware’s Trinity Presbyterian Church and the Appalachia Service Project: a 40-year partnership Image Appalachia Service Project shirts  The Appalachia Service Project (ASP) has been serving the home repair needs of families in Central ...

The Appalachia Service Project (ASP) has been serving the home repair needs of families in Central Appalachia since 1969, when the Rev. Glenn “Tex” Evans, a United Methodist minister, began connecting the energy of youth with the needs of the poor. #MissionYearbook #AppalachiaServiceProject

Sunset on the base of a tree with wild onions in the foreground.

Sunset in Appalachia. Peace

A female barred owl in Black Mountain, North Carolina #birds #🪶 #nature #appalachia

The government shut down because Congress and the president refuse to cancel cuts that will cause insurance premiums to skyrocket for thousands of Kentuckians.

With families paying higher prices for groceries, housing and more, keeping health care costs down is essential.

Cherlynn Stevenson speaks out on government shutdown - WTVQ Sixth District candidate Cherlynn Stevenson says the government shutdown will hurt veterans, farmers, and families in Central Kentucky, accusing Republicans of putting politics over people.

In the wake of the government shutdown, Kentucky Sixth District candidate Cherlynn Stevenson is placing blame on Republicans in Washington. https://www.wtvq.com/cherlynn-stevenson-speaks-out-on-government-shutdown/ 

Oct. 16: Give back to the parks in Roanoke appalachian voices volunteer work day at mill mountain park on oct. 16

Join Appalachian Voices for a volunteer work day in #Roanoke at #MillMountainPark on Thurs, 10/16, @ 5 pm. Lend a hand to help create a healthy environment for the native flora & fauna of the region by removing invasive species from the park. RSVP to volunteer 🤚! https://loom.ly/UOkpXP0al

Republicans own this shutdown.