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Appalachian Youth Creators
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Commentary: A Coming of Age Reflection on Masculinity, Asexuality in the Mountain South
By all marks, I meet Hank Williams Jr.’s Southern standards in his famous song “A Country Boy Can…
Commentary: I’m a Youth Climate Activist, Not an Environmentalist.
Even though I have marched with climate strikes, helped organize protests and advocated for a Green New Deal,…
Commentary: An Aspiring Appalachian Filmmaker on What to Consider Before Watching ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
Anyone brave enough to travel home and spend this Thanksgiving locked down with their family will no doubt…
Politics, an Election and a Pandemic: Covering the 2020 Election as a Student Journalist
My professors knew my class work would start to lag behind the closer we got to Election Day.…
A High Schooler’s Perspective On Lowering The Voting Age
High school and college students are becoming more politically active than our country has seen in generations. It’s…
Appalachian Youth Poetry: umbilical theory
As part of the Appalachian Youth Creators Project, we’re committed not just to young people telling their own…