Use these discussion questions to start a book club or conversation about Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia.| Voice of Witness
Solito, Solita is an urgent collection of oral histories of young refugees from Central America, fleeing to seek safety and protection in the US.| Voice of Witness
Say It Forward is a DIY oral history guide that outlines best practices for social justice storytelling and community-based oral history projects.| Voice of Witness
Mi María: Surviving the Storm shares first-person stories of government neglect and community responses from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane María.| Voice of Witness
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Edited by Gabriel Thompson | Stories of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity while making a life in California’s fields.| Voice of Witness
The very notion of an “urban Appalachian” begins with movement and migration, and these are at the core of the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition. We urban Appalachians are a people who exist and find our sense of self at least in part from movement, and the origins of much of what we have historically called […]| Welcome to UACC
An interview with Katrina Powell about “Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia.”| Southern Review of Books
Mekyah (pronounced meh-kai-yah) Davis lives in a small town in the southwest mountains of Virginia near the Tennessee and Kentucky borders. His love of Appalachia and his family’s place in the regi…| Literary Hub
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a| The Daily Yonder
Appalachia has been a place of movement and migration—for individuals, families, and entire communities—for centuries. Beginning Again brings together twelve narratives of refugees, migrants, and generations-long residents that explore complex journeys of resettlement. In their stories, Appalachia—despite how it’s popularly portrayed—is not simply a region of poverty and strife populated only by white people. It is a diverse place where belonging and connection are created despite ...| haymarketbooks.org
Free lesson plans to explore oral histories about migration, displacement, and the Appalachia region, challenging stereotypes and promoting critical thinking.| Voice of Witness
An oral history project five years in the making, Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia brings together narratives of refugees, migrants and generations-long residents that explore complex journeys of| Ms. Magazine
