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Mid-Ohio Valley Group Blends Religion, Politics to Affect Policy in Ohio and West Virginia
Quietly, over the past 15 years, small group Bible-study-style gatherings near Parkersburg, W.Va. have formed the foundation ...
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100 Days in Appalachia
The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and revitalize resources. On Jan. 20, tens of thousands of people flooded ...
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Reclaiming and Revitalizing Resources in West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields
*Note: this is the second of two stories on how faith and community leaders are working together to address clean water and healthy food infrastructure in McDowell County, W.Va. Read part one here.
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In West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields, a Grassroots ‘Jubilee’
On a late spring day in 2022, Rev. Brad Davis was riding along the twisting roads of McDowell County, West Virginia. Davis was soon to start his current job pastoring five United Methodist churches ...