Making Connections

A storybank sharing radio features, videos, news & information highlighting opportunities & challenges for building a healthy, just & sustainable Appalachia

[Kentucky Chamber @KyChamber]

No excuse needed! Early in-person voting starts today through November 2 for the general election on November 5. Find your polling location here:
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[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

“Whether the women like it or not”

[VoteVets @votevets]

And there you go. Donald Trump is using footage and photos his campaign took at Arlington National Cemetary for political purposes -- against the rules and laws that govern this hallowed ground. Arlington officials tried to stop him from politicizing the cemetery, and Trump staff physically attacked them. This whole episode is sickening and affront to all those hundreds of thousands of families who never agreed to allow their deceased loved ones to be dragged into politics.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Feel the Vancementum!

[Making Connections @makeconnectnews]

The Rev. Horton Heat at Levitt AMP concert series, Whitesburg.

[All Access EKY @AllAccessEKY]

Reminder that the abortion pill and the morning after-pill are NOT the same 🚫 EC is used to PREVENT a pregnancy, not to terminate an already existing pregnancy. Both are safe and effective, but serve different purposes!
Get FREE Plan B using this link: https://t.co/OuRpaen1RM

[Prevent Diabetes EKY @EkyPrevent]

Did you know it's possible to have type 2 diabetes without even knowing it?

Today is National Diabetes Alert Day, and in the latest from our audio storytelling series, we sit down with Melissa Moore, of Perry Co., who's a living example of how diabetes can show up unannounced.

[Appalachian Voices @AppVoices]

#CoalMiners w/ #BlackLung & their families rely on a monthly stipend to make ends meet, but it isn't keeping up w/ inflation.

#WV & #VA ppl: help push for legislation ensuring the black lung stipend receives a permanent annual cost-of-living adjustment! https://t.co/hRRg0Jq71b

[Rural Assembly @RuralAssembly]

RA director Whitney Kimball Coe and @dailyyonder editor @tmarema are featured panelists at @uchipolitics's Bridging the Divide, a free, 3-day conf. addressing urban-rural divisions in our country in April. Travel stipends available. Learn more at https://t.co/UpAhnG8HHr

[R.G. Dunlop @rgdunlopjr]

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[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

HB 5 is based on the claim that Kentucky is engulfed in a crime wave. The facts do not support that claim. #kyga24 https://t.co/dYrJ0OZSHW

[Kentuckians for Energy Democracy @K_4_ED]

It's been 65 days since HB 180, a common sense bill to protect us and our neighbors from electric shut-offs, has sat without movement in Frankfort. Thousands of Kentuckians have suffered in the meantime. Call and demand HOUSE leadership put HB 180 in a committee!
1-800-372-7181

[eKy mutual aid @ekymutualaid]

Hey @AndyBeshearKY think we could break out some of that “rainy day” money before this elder breaks his neck??? This is a flood survivor! This is not acceptable! Let’s raise some money for lumber cause ain’t nobody else gonna do it. HELP!!!

[AARP Kentucky @AARPKY]

We can't feed them all: House Bill 367 would overwhelm food banks, hurt hungry Kentuckians https://t.co/jC4nYE8hsB via @KYLantern #kyga24

[ReImagine Appalachia @newdeal4us]

👷‍♂️With federal taxpayer dollars flowing in to plug orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells, the Appalachian region could see thousands of jobs created in the next few decades! 📈

@thecentersquare covered @O_R_V_I's latest report. Read here:

https://t.co/tKismTWVxg

[Appalshop @Appalshop]

In addition to rolling out our main catalog of films, our youth program, @AppMediaInst, made its entire catalog public! Check out the playlist on our YouTube channel. Also, you can now stream select films on Amazon Prime and Tubi! Read our blog for more: https://t.co/DAWwRTRk83

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

Country music is inextricable from Black culture, no matter how much the music industry has tried to separate them. Beyoncé’s new country songs could force a long-overdue change to how we think about a genre.

https://t.co/6Yug0JUKto

[The Daily Yonder @dailyyonder]

While students across the country are experiencing issues with a buggy FAFSA update, educators hope the new changes will offer benefits for rural students in the long run.

Story via @opencampusmedia

https://t.co/sDwQWLv6Ex

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

House Bill 500 poses potential risk to many workplace rights #kyga24 https://t.co/BRxNCy4DP1 via @WPSDLocal6