In 100 Days, 100 Voices, photographer Nancy Andrews presents photographs depicting the diversity of voices across Appalachia. These portraits strive to show the varied faces, passions, issues and opinions from around the region.
‘It’s about choice,’ says supporter of education secretary Betsy DeVos
Martin and Georgia West have been married 41 years and live in their native county of McDowell, in southern West Virginia. Martin West, 62, has worked in the mining industry, been the county magistrate and now serves as the county’s sheriff and treasurer. He’s also the pastor at the Pentecostal […]
‘It could be me next,’ warns Jimmy Pan
Jimmy Pan, 27, is a first-year student at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W. Va. He’s originally from Hong Kong, and now calls Charlotte, N.C. home. Pan says he’s voted in three presidential elections, but this time his pick was not the winner. He took a break […]
‘You have to be hopeful,’ says Bernie Sanders supporter
Aimee Anderson, 23, works as a bartender at the Kanawha Lounge in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The television at the bar is always on Fox News and, as a Bernie Sanders supporter, Anderson described the election season as tense. Post inauguration Anderson said the atmosphere is quieter, “We still watch the news […]
We ask a Muslim-Appalachian with Kurdish roots her response to Immigration ban
Sara Berzingi was born in Erbil, Iraq. Her family left Iraqi Kurdistan as refugees through operation Pacific Haven, which brought them to the United States in 1997. Sara and her family have called West Virginia home for a decade. She considers her family’s story a classic story of “the American Dream,” but […]
‘100 Days of US’ funds 25 community projects to start in first 100 days
Ryan Coon is a program officer with The Sprout Fund, a nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh. He explained the ‘”100 Days of US” project. The Sprout Fund awarded $120,000 to 25 projects leading a civic response for the first 100 days of the new administration. Our team attended The Sprout Fund […]
A community college president shares 10 things to do in the first 100 days
Dr. L. Marshall Washington, 47, is president of the New River Community and Technical College in Beaver, West Virginia. Washington was photographed in Lewisburg, West Virginia as part of a Martin Luther King celebration. Dr. Washington was the keynote speaker at the event. The following is an excerpt from the speech […]
For this gas industry worker, Trump is a ‘real dude’
Jimmy Palmer, 32, of Upshur County, West Virginia, works in the gas industry. Palmer ran a rig crew drilling for natural gas. Now he’s changing jobs to work at “the other end of it” where he manages the fluid coming out of the well. Palmer says he saves his money […]
Appalachian Trump and Clinton voters pick their causes to march for women
Alice Dilbeck, 58, of Harvest, Alabama is retired from the software solutions industry. She traveled to Ohio to work on the Hillary Clinton campaign. After the election, Dilbeck was one of the local organizers for the Alabama chapter of the Women’s March on Washington. The Women’s March was a worldwide […]
Postcards from Appalachians at the inauguration
For many, President Donald Trump’s Inauguration was a moment of celebration. For others, the event was a study in civics or a day of protest. We went to the National Mall to find Appalachians on this historic day. Moses Greenberg, 43, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, brought his wife and four children […]
High school band is mixed on Trump but heads to inauguration
Welcome to the first installment of 100 Days, 100 Voices–a portrait series highlighting diverse voices across Appalachia during the first 100 days of the new administration. It’s fitting to kick off with the Frankfort High School Marching Band as they head to Donald Trump’s Inaugural Parade. It’s the second Inaugural Parade […]
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