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Dec 28, 20201 min read

Secular Communion in the Coalfields: The Populist Aesthetic and Practice of Roadside TheateR

Ben Fink, HATH’s first organizing partner from Letcher County, tells the story of how he came to Kentucky, who he worked with there, and...

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Dec 13, 20201 min read

Boston Univ School of Theology Explores Transformational Aspect of HATH with Green, Fink & Johnson

The Tom Porter Program for Religion and Conflict Transformation at BU invited Paula Green, Ben Fink and Gwen Johnson to detail HATH’s...

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Dec 3, 20201 min read

Atlanta church reaches out to learn about Hands Across the Hills

“The tensions in our city are high,” says the Rev. Ed Bacon of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta GA, who reached out to Paula Green...

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Dec 3, 20201 min read

Appalachian Stories of Hope, Community & Creativity

It is in the creative reinvention of community — and not the pretense of bygone days or the magic of political investment that isn’t...

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Nov 16, 20201 min read

Respect And Friendship Don't Depend On Shared Politics, Say Those Who Have Bridged The Divide

Here and Now's 2020 Election Coverage: Two years ago, we brought you a conversation between liberals from western Massachusetts and conser

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May 13, 20201 min read

Letcher County's Black Sheep Brick Oven Bakery Inspires Hope

Leverett Hands Across the Hills visited the Black Sheep Brick Oven Bakery in Hemphill KY as part of our bridging project. This film from...

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Mar 28, 20201 min read

Meet 27 People Bridging Divides Across America

Time Magazine has just published a feature "Meet 27 People Bridging Divides Across America". Among those 27 are Paula Green of Leverett,...

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Mar 27, 20204 min read

Building a bridge across the countryside for talking in polarized times

Sometimes it seems the only thing blue and red voters share is mutual contempt. Organizations like Better Angels or Bridge the Divide try...

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