Six participants joined Faith and Money Network's Trip of Perspective to Wise County, Va., in early August 2019. Organizations visited included Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, the Appalachian African-American Cultural Center, and the Southwest Virginia Black Lung Association. [Read More …]
Rural organizers take on mountaintop removal, racism, and the opioid crisis in Appalachia
Power. Success. Hope. These were the words that raced through my mind at the end of our two and a half day Faith and Money Network group immersion trip earlier this month in the communities of southwestern Virginia—a sliver of Appalachia known for its rich cultural history and the declining fortunes of coal mining. A week has gone by. Has this Trip of Perspective changed mine? As in [Read More …]
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