Category Archives: rural issues

Decoration Days and Mother’s Day—beginning research

Posted on April 24, 2009 by meredith

In the next few weeks, people all around the Yell County, Arkansas area will be decorating family graves. For our family Saturday the 9th is Decoration Day at Brearley, Cottontown, and Chickelah Cemeteries. The following week is Decoration Day at … Continue reading →

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The Rural Assembly and the Rural Compact.

Posted on January 27, 2009 by meredith

Today I came across an organization called The Rural Assembly and I am so excited about their work and I think you will be too. The Rural Assembly is a part of the Center for Rural Strategies, an amazing organization … Continue reading →

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Up the Ridge, a film about remote Appalachian prisons, racism, and the intentional tension between rural and urban

Posted on August 9, 2008 by meredith

This very important film was produced out of Appalshop’s hiphop radio program, Holler to the Hood. The film synopsis reads: Up the Ridge is a one-hour television documentary produced by Nick Szuberla and Amelia Kirby. In 1999 Szuberla and Kirby … Continue reading →

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