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Aired on NPR's Here and Now, Robin Young
Nov 30, 20186 min read
Conservatives in Kentucky, Liberals in Massachusetts Try to Bridge Political Divide
Listen to the podcast of Paula Green and Gwen Johnson on NPR's Here and Now After the 2016 presidential election, conflict resolution...
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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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Hands Across the Hills
Feb 6, 20181 min read
Video Clips from our October Public Meeting now posted
Herby Smith, long-time filmmaker from Kentucky's Appalshop Culture Hub, shared these video clips from the October 28 public meeting of...
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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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sharonrosedunn
Jan 15, 20181 min read
A Morning of Dialogue Training with Paula Green
Thirty of us are participating in the January 2018 Dialogue Training Program with Paula Green under the auspices of Hands Across the...
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Gazette Event Listing
Jan 13, 20181 min read
They Came with Curiosity; They Left in Love: Guiding the Leverett MA – Letcher County KY Project in
Public Meeting featuring Dr. Paula Green Wednesday, January 17, 2018 6:00 - 6:30 Social hour with light refreshments 6:30 - 8:00 General...
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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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Hands Across the Hills
Dec 14, 20172 min read
Dialogue Training with Paula Green: January 2018 - WAIT LIST ONLY
UPDATE 12/17: The training series is currently full. Please sign up for the wait list and we'll let you know if a space open up. Adding...
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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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Hands Across the Hills
Dec 5, 20171 min read
Public Event: Reflections 12/11/17
REFLECTIONS: What We Learned from our Weekend with our Kentucky Guests Monday, December 11, 2017 7pm Mt. Toby Friends Meeting House 194...
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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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sharonrosedunn
Nov 29, 20172 min read
Singer-Songwriter Sarah Pirtle Composes “Hands Across the Hills” Theme Song
Famed singer and songwriter Sarah Pirtle, longtime Pioneer Valley resident, composed the song “Hands Across the Hills” expressly for the...
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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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sharonrosedunn
Oct 29, 20171 min read
Record crowds at our Community Forum
On a beautiful autumn Saturday, October 28, Hands Across the Hills held a public Forum to share our Kentucky visitors and their stories...
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