Worlds collide: Leverett group visits Kentucky
WHITESBURG, KY — In the heart of coal country, about a dozen Leverett, Mass. residents and about as many of their counterparts from...
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The Bill Newman Show
Apr 18, 20181 min read
Kip & Jay on the Bill Newman Show
https://soundcloud.com/whmp/the-bill-newman-show-april-18-2018 Hands Across the Hill segment begins at 19:40 This broadcast features Jay...
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Recorder Staff
Apr 17, 20181 min read
Reporter Receives Grant to Travel to Kentucky
Curious what the Leverett troop will learn from its trip to Kentucky? Stay tuned. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has provided a...
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Richie Davis, Recorder
Apr 17, 20184 min read
Leverett Group to Visit Kentucky Counterparts
LEVERETT — The last thing these grassroots organizers of a cross-cultural dialogue expected to make part of their efforts was a trip to a...
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Stacey Lennard
Feb 16, 20182 min read
NEPR's NEXT interviews Paula Green & Danielle Barshak
On February 21 Paula Green and Danielle Barshak, were interviewed on New England Public Radio's NEXT program. View the broadcast here...
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Hands Across the Hills
Feb 9, 20181 min read
PBS News Clip Features Appalshop
Public Televisions’s NewsHour featured a 9-minute segment on Appalshop, in Whitesburg, KY. Appalshop is the partner organization that...
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John Clayton, with Sharon Dunn
Jan 16, 201810 min read
Connecting with Red State America: Reflections from a Meeting Between Western Mass and Eastern Kentu
It Begins in October 2017 All 18 of us in Leverett are excited and maybe a little nervous. We live in a small town — Leverett:...
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Greenfield Recorder, article by Richie Davis
Jan 5, 20184 min read
The quest for cultural understanding continues
LEVERETT — Anyone who looked at last fall’s unusual dialogue between a group of Kentucky natives and local people as a chance to erase...
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Amherst Media videographer, Natalie Jones
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Link to video of "REFLECTIONS: What We Learned from our Weekend with our Kentucky Guests"
The "Reflections" meeting on 12/11 was videotaped by Amherst Media. If you missed out on the event, you can view it here:...
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Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Dec 12, 20173 min read
Leverett Bridging Committee discusses successes of Kentucky summit, eyes more dialogue
Paula Green addresses dozens of people at Monday’s “Reflections: What We Learned from Our Kentucky Guests” event. GAZETTE STAFF/SCOTT...
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Amherst Media interview with Mehlaqa Samdani
Dec 4, 20171 min read
Critical Connections interview with Dr. Paula Green
Critical Conversations is a look at current topics and trends on both the local and national levels in an effort to begin a dialogue for...
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Greenfield Recorder, article by Richie Davis
Dec 2, 20173 min read
Leverett to hold public meeting on Kentucky summit
LEVERETT — As a followup to a late October visit to Leverett by a group of Kentucky counterparts to bridge cultural and political...
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Jay Frost, Op-Ed in Greenfield Recorder
Nov 16, 20173 min read
My Turn: Voters from both sides united during Hands Across the Hills gathering
The last weekend of October proved to be powerful and emotional for many of us in Leverett and surrounding communities. That was when 11...
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Paula Green, Op-Ed, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Nov 14, 20173 min read
Columnist Paula Green: They came from Kentucky, ‘left in love’
Kentuckian Alyssa Helton, 17, speaks to a packed house at the Leverett Elementary School gymnasium during a community forum with 11...
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The Bill Newman Show
Nov 2, 20171 min read
WHMP Radio Interview with Paula & Debbie
Interview with Paula Green and Debbie Roth-Howe begins at minute 13:22.
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NEPR report by Karen Brown
Nov 2, 20174 min read
Kentucky Group Gives Western Mass. A Lesson On Coal Country
Abigail Morris (left) from Amherst, Mass., with Alyssa Helton from Whitesburg, Kentucky, at a public forum in Leverett. CREDIT KAREN...
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Blog re-post by Nick Grabbe
Oct 29, 20173 min read
Reaching Across the Divide
Do you ever wonder about people who voted for Donald Trump? Has the country become so polarized that we can’t imagine what motivates...
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Greenfield Recorder, article by Richie Davis
Oct 29, 20175 min read
Conservative Kentuckians, Leverett counterparts reach across the political gap
A 17-year-old Kentuckian, Alyssa Helton, speaks to a packed house at the Leverett Elementary School gymnasium during a community forum...
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Diane Lederman: Springfield Republican/MassLive
Oct 26, 20173 min read
Leverett hoping to bridge political divide in dialogue over dinner, dancing with Kentucky visitors
LEVERETT - There was a lot of despair in this town of about 2,000 following the election of GOP President Donald Trump in November of...
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Greenfield Recorder, article by Richie Davis
Oct 26, 20173 min read
Together in harmony: Leverett community forum to feature shape-note singing
Shape-note singing in Letcher County, Ky —Submitted photos/ Malcolm Wilson LEVERETT — It’s planned to be just a small piece of this...
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