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Connecting with Coal Country: What I learned visiting Kentucky with Hands Across the Hills
“It’s like you’re going to a foreign country… Do you need a passport?” Letha Dollarhyde of Letcher County, Kentucky, said this — partly...
Sharon Dunn with John J. Clayton
May 22, 201812 min read
Why are We Going to Kentucky?
Two members of Hands Across the Hills in Leverett, Massachusetts, reflect on the shared purpose of the dialogue and cultural exchange...
Jim Perkins, Sarah Pirtle
Apr 16, 20182 min read
We’re Traveling to Eastern Kentucky for a Weekend of Dialogue & Cultural Exchange
Fourteen of us, members of Leverett’s Hands Across the Hills project, will travel to Letcher County in eastern Kentucky on April 19 for a...
sharonrosedunn
Apr 11, 20182 min read
NEPR's NEXT interviews Paula Green & Danielle Barshak
On February 21 Paula Green and Danielle Barshak, were interviewed on New England Public Radio's NEXT program. View the broadcast here...
Stacey Lennard
Feb 15, 20182 min read
Video Clips from our October Public Meeting now posted
Herby Smith, long-time filmmaker from Kentucky's Appalshop Culture Hub, shared these video clips from the October 28 public meeting of...
Hands Across the Hills
Feb 6, 20181 min read
Connecting with Red State America: Reflections from a Meeting Between Western Mass and Eastern Kentu
It Begins in October 2017 All 18 of us in Leverett are excited and maybe a little nervous. We live in a small town — Leverett:...
John Clayton, with Sharon Dunn
Jan 16, 201810 min read
A Morning of Dialogue Training with Paula Green
Thirty of us are participating in the January 2018 Dialogue Training Program with Paula Green under the auspices of Hands Across the...
sharonrosedunn
Jan 15, 20181 min read
Dialogue Training with Paula Green: January 2018 - WAIT LIST ONLY
UPDATE 12/17: The training series is currently full. Please sign up for the wait list and we'll let you know if a space open up. Adding...
Hands Across the Hills
Dec 14, 20172 min read
Public Event: Reflections 12/11/17
REFLECTIONS: What We Learned from our Weekend with our Kentucky Guests Monday, December 11, 2017 7pm Mt. Toby Friends Meeting House 194...
Hands Across the Hills
Dec 5, 20171 min read
Singer-Songwriter Sarah Pirtle Composes “Hands Across the Hills” Theme Song
Famed singer and songwriter Sarah Pirtle, longtime Pioneer Valley resident, composed the song “Hands Across the Hills” expressly for the...
sharonrosedunn
Nov 29, 20172 min read
My Turn: Voters from both sides united during Hands Across the Hills gathering
The last weekend of October proved to be powerful and emotional for many of us in Leverett and surrounding communities. That was when 11...
Jay Frost, Op-Ed in Greenfield Recorder
Nov 16, 20173 min read
Columnist Paula Green: They came from Kentucky, ‘left in love’
Kentuckian Alyssa Helton, 17, speaks to a packed house at the Leverett Elementary School gymnasium during a community forum with 11...
Paula Green, Op-Ed, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Nov 14, 20173 min read
Record crowds at our Community Forum
On a beautiful autumn Saturday, October 28, Hands Across the Hills held a public Forum to share our Kentucky visitors and their stories...
sharonrosedunn
Oct 29, 20171 min read
Public Event: A Day of Sharing 10/28/17
The Leverett Alliance’s Bridging Committee is hosting over a dozen Kentuckians from coal country for a weekend of cultural exchange and...
Hands Across the Hills
Oct 28, 20171 min read
Columnist Paula Green: Time is now for Americans in dialogue
During the weekend of Oct. 27-29, a small group of concerned citizens in Leverett are welcoming 15 Kentuckians from Appalachian coal...
Paula Green, Op-Ed, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Oct 17, 20173 min read
Building Democracy in ‘Trump Country’
Building Democracy in ‘Trump Country’ - the article by Ben Fink that prompted Leverett to make the connection. Ben Fink works at...
Article by Ben Fink, on billmoyers.com
Mar 10, 201710 min read
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