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Fall visit to Leverett

October 10-13, 2019

Debbie from Leverett and Mike from Letcher Co.

Pam from Leverett and Herby from Letcher Co.

Mike from Letcher Co. and Barbara from Leverett

Judi from Leverett

Sarah Pirtle leading the group in song to begin our dialogue

Group dialogue

Tom from Leverett

Annie Jane from Letcher Co.

Pat from Leverett

Fishbowl activity

Fishbowl activity

What do we have in common?

Outing to Mt. Sugarloaf

Outing to Mt. Sugarloaf

Lunch at Mt. Sugarloaf

Conversation

Song swap

Song swap

Song Swap

Story Theatre

Letha from Letcher Co. looking over books she was gifted from the Leverett Library

Community Forum 10/13/19

Gwen and Paula at the mic

Sarah, Ben, Gwen, Pat

Audience at Community Forum

Leverett Chorus performs at Community Forum

What calls you going forward?

Leverett goes to Letcher

April 19-23, 2018

Cowan welcome sign

Appalshop

Walking tour of Whiteburg

Old auto parts store transformed into moonshine distillery

Local DJ at Appalshop radio station, WMMT

Sarah Pirtle leads the group in singing "Hands Across the Hills" on Appalshop radio

Whitesburg storefont

Whitesburg storefont

Presentation of our collective familly history quilt at Harry M. Caudill Memorial Library Central in Whitesburg

View of the hollers from Pine Mountain

Jay presents a Rattlesnake Gutter Trust hat to Whitesburg Mayor James W. Craft

Dialogue

Dialogue

Miners memorial

Miners Memorial

BradleyJohnson, Black Sheep baker

Shabatt service at Hemphill Community Center event

Gwen and the Black Sheep bakers

Bluegrass jam at Hemphill

"The Future of Letcher County" play reading at Cowan Community Center

Post-play discussion

Ben Fink and Bill Meade

Alyssa and Dom

Harry MC's the Culture Hub Anniversary Celebration

Harry at the mic at the Culture Cub celebration

Velda and Pat

Culture Hub celebration

Square dancing at the Cowan Community Center

Shriners Breakfast

Carol Ison speaking at Shriners

Val's granddaughter has a moment at the mic

Stacey introduces the Leverett slide show

Jim and Sharon at Shriners

Dom and Gwen

Herby narrates the bus tour with his outstanding command of the history of the region

View of strip mining

Barbara and Jay, Kip & Judi

Entrance to Portal 31

Window at Portal 31 Museum

Leaflet in Whitesburg storefront

Entering Portal 31

Diarama inside Portal 31

Inside Portal 31

Photo by Kip Fonsh

Local theater group, Higher Ground, describes their plays

Listening

Sunday dialogue

Sunday dialogue

Reviewing the quesitons that we asked of each other on the last day

Photo by Sharon Dunn

Leverett shares KY stories back home

May 15, 2018

Paula Green fields questions at the May 15th Reflections community meeting

Pam and Fred prepare the slideshow

Small group Q&A

John and Sharon chat amid the crowd

Small group Q&A with Jim Perkins

Small group Q&A with Barbara D'Arthenay

Small group Q&A with Barbara Tiner

Small group Q&A with Debbie Roth-Howe

Photo by Pam Szczesny

Singing Bright Morning Stars at the closing

Reflections meeting in Leverett, MA

December 11, 2017

Paula Green engaging the audience

Paula engaging the audience

Thank-you card for Kentuckians created by Dale Schwarz

Signing the thank-you card

Community Forum in Leverett, MA

October 28, 2017

Community Forum

Community Forum

Community Forum

Community Forum

Community Forum

Community Forum

Community Forum

Community Forum

Teens at Community Forum

Teens at Community Forum

Facilitated Dialogue Sessions ~ including participatory theatre games and other activities with Hands Across the Hills participants from Leverett & Letcher County

October 27 and 29, 2017

Kip & Herby playing Human Bingo

Friday morning at Leverett Friends Meeting

First whole meeting Friday morning at Leverett Friends Meeting

Letha & Susan creating family history quilt-squares

Sharon, Susan and Tom take a break during dialogue session

Theatre Games - Debbie and Fred

Theatre Games - Ben, Pam and Katelyn

Theatre Games

Theatre Games

Theatre games - Alyssa, Katelyn, Nancy, Jay

Theatre Games - John & Fred

Theatre Games - Kip & Nell

Theatre Games - Alyssa & Katelyn

Theatre Games - Kip & Gwen in action

Theatre Games - Kip & Gwen in action

Theatre Games - Jay, with Jim & John

Group Dialogue

Group Dialogue - Tyler, Nell, John, Jim, Danielle, Alyssa

Documenting Hands Across the Hills

Hands Across the Hills

Contra Dance and Shape-Note Singing

October 28, 2017

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Contra Dance & Shape-Note Singing

Video Clips from our October Public Forum

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 in Leverett. The clips feature several Kentuckians, talking about issues of importance to them. In order of speaking: Nell Fields, Gwen Johnson, Tyler Ward and Ben Fink.

October 28.2017