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Hands Across the Hills
Jun 24, 20233 min read
HATH — an experiment in cross-political dialogue — is ending
New England Public Media | By Karen Brown June 21, 2023 A cross-cultural project that began in 2017 after Donald Trump's election — and...
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Hands Across the Hills
Jun 18, 20232 min read
Hands Across the Hills to Conclude in 2023
Hands Across the Hills, the dialogue and exchange project founded in 2017 by residents of east Kentucky and western Massachusetts, will...
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Richie Davis, for the Greenfield Recorder
Jun 18, 20233 min read
Noble experiment built bridge across political divide
My Turn: op ed by Richie Davis, Greenfield Recorder, June 13, 2023 Coming together immediately after the pivotal 2016 election, 60...
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Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Jun 18, 20234 min read
Outreach ending: Leverett-Kentucky ‘Hands Across the Hills’ built bridges across political divide
By Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette LEVERETT — One of the folks in the first delegation from Letcher County, Kentucky in 2017 to...
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Hands Across the Hills
May 12, 20231 min read
April 2023 Training success
The second Hands Across the Hills "Dialogue Across Divides" training was held at Mt. Toby Meeting House in Leverett April 27-29 with...
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Hands Across the Hills
Nov 21, 20221 min read
More than $1100 in additional funds to Eastern KY Flood Relief
The Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst invited Hands Across the Hills member Judi Fonsh to speak to their service on Sunday,...
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Hands Across the Hills
Oct 20, 20224 min read
Dialogue Across Divides: April 27-29 training announced!
Learn the skills to bridge the cultural, partisan, and ideological divisions that lead us to dehumanize each other and threaten our...
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Hands Across the Hills
Oct 14, 20221 min read
Successful fundraiser for eastern KY flood relief
THANK YOU to everyone, both in our Western Massachusetts community and beyond, for generously contributing to the fundraiser for Eastern...
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Hands Across the Hills
Oct 2, 20223 min read
Leverett's Eye-Witness to Flood damage in Eastern Kentucky
Our Jim Perkins of Leverett arrived in eastern Kentucky in late September to help with flood relief for two weeks. He sent these...
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Hands Across the Hills
Sep 28, 20221 min read
Podcast & Case Study of HATH by the Othering & Belonging Institute of UCal-Berkeley
HATH's Gwen Johnson and Sharon Dunn were interviewed in mid-July 2022 by the Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI), of the University of...
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Hands Across the Hills
Sep 5, 20221 min read
Bands Across the Hills: Concert/fundraiser for Kentucky Flood Relief
September 17, 2022 7:00 pm Leverett Crafts & Arts 13 Montague Road Leverett, MA 01054 Please join Hands Across the Hills for a musical...
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Hands Across the Hills
Aug 16, 20222 min read
"We are the Appalachia of Appalachia"
HATH's Gwen Johnson said her friend, photographer Malcolm Wilson, said to her: "We are the Appalachia of Appalachia" as she was in the...
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Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Aug 5, 20221 min read
HATH RALLIES TO HELP FLOOD-STRICKEN EASTERN KENTUCKY
The Daily Hampshire Gazette recounts how Hands Across the Hills is facilitating flood relief in eastern Kentucky, where our HATH Kentucky...
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Hands Across the Hills
Aug 2, 20221 min read
Front Line for Flood Relief
Hands Across the Hills member Gwen Johnson spoke to Robin Young of NPR's "Here and Now" about the losses suffered in the recent and...
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Hands Across the Hills
Aug 1, 20221 min read
FLOOD RELIEF FOR LETCHER COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
Letcher County has been devastated by flooding--this is Leverett HATH's 'other half' in the bridging work we've done since 2017. Several...
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Hands Across the Hills
Jul 19, 20221 min read
Hundreds attend memorial for Paula Green
The Daily Hampshire Gazette's headline: ‘An open heart that never closes up’: Peace seekers celebrate life of peacebuilder Paula Green...
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Bryan Marquard, The Boston Globe
Mar 22, 20221 min read
Paula Green, tireless advocate for peace, dies at 84
From the March 22, 2022 edition of The Boston Globe, this recognition of Paula Green: In a world beset with anger, conflict, and war,...
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Hands Across the Hills
Mar 17, 20221 min read
SONGFEST CELEBRATES BUILDING BRIDGES
Four singers shared their voices and several original compositions in this Zoom evening of song sponsored by Hands Across the Hills. The...
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Hands Across the Hills
Mar 7, 20222 min read
JOIN US! Sunday Songfest March 13, 7pm online
Building Bridges: A Concert of Songs & Conversation Across Divides with Listeners Sharing Four singers—in Kentucky, Los Angeles,...
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Hands Across the Hills
Feb 24, 20221 min read
Tributes to Paula Green
Acclaimed international peacebuilder, Paula Green, died February 21 at the age of 84. Hands Across the Hills celebrates her as a founder,...
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