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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...
Hands Across the Hills
May 12, 20231 min read
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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,...
Hands Across the Hills
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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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...
Hands Across the Hills
Oct 20, 20224 min read
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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...
Hands Across the Hills
Oct 14, 20221 min read
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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...
Hands Across the Hills
Oct 2, 20223 min read
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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...
Hands Across the Hills
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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"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...
Hands Across the Hills
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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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...
Hands Across the Hills
Aug 1, 20221 min read
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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...
Hands Across the Hills
Mar 17, 20221 min read
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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,...
Hands Across the Hills
Mar 7, 20222 min read
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MLK Day Observance Brings Together KY and Western Mass
Hands Across the Hills' Sarah Pirtle organized a moving Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration with inspirational music and readings. The...
Hands Across the Hills
Jan 23, 20221 min read
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October Dialogue Training: “A life-changing experience"
"Life-changing": This is how one participant in our Hands Across the Hills Dialogue Across Divides training in October 2021 expressed...
Hands Across the Hills
Dec 13, 20212 min read
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Photos of Oct training
Photographs from our Dialogue Across Divides Training held in Leverett MA on October 9-11, 2021 are on view in our GALLERY on the bar...
Hands Across the Hills
Oct 25, 20211 min read
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October Training is Full-- Spring 2022 training in PLanning stage
This October Hands Across the Hills is offering its first training in dialogue and cultural exchange to approximately thirty individuals...
Hands Across the Hills
Aug 2, 20211 min read
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REMINDER: Deadline July 1 for October Training
Learn the skills to bridge the partisan and ideological divisions that threaten our democracy. Hands Across the Hills has developed an...
Hands Across the Hills
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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Dialogue Across Divides: New Three-Day Training
Learn the skills to bridge the partisan and ideological divisions that threaten our democracy. Hands Across the Hills has developed an...
Hands Across the Hills
Jun 1, 20213 min read
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HATH writers in KY & MA on the New Administration
Editor’s note: Hands Across the Hills formed in Leverett after the 2016 election and bridged with Letcher County, Kentucky to foster...
Greenfield Recorder
May 21, 20213 min read
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Can We Trust Our Government? East KY meets Western MA
On Tuesday, May 25, at 7 pm Hands Across the Hills presents its second live virtual encounter on Zoom. This time Mike Gover and Gwen...
Sharon Dunn
May 16, 20212 min read
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We See in a Much Deeper Way
The Center for Nonviolent Solutions in Worcester MA invited Paula Green of MA and Gwen Johnson of KY to address their annual meeting....
Sharon Dunn
Apr 16, 20211 min read
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Guns, Coal, Vaccines, and Abortion: East Ky Meets Western Ma
Hands Across the Hills presented a live virtual encounter between members Kip Fonsh of Leverett, MA and Gwen Johnson of Letcher County,...
Sharon Dunn
Apr 7, 20212 min read
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