Transaction Description:
IDENTIFYING, PRESERVING, AND AMPLIFYING BLACK APPALACHIAN EXPERIENCES AND VOICES IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA [A PROJECT TO IDENTIFY, PRESERVE AND AMPLIFY BLACK APPALACHIAN EXPERIENCES AND VOICES THROUGH CULTURAL MAPPING, ORAL HISTORIC COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION, AND NATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND ORGANIZING. THIS IS A CROSS-PROGRAMMATIC PROJECT WITHIN THE ARTS AND MEDIA NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION APPALSHOP, INC. IT FEATURES WORK BY PROJECT COORDINATORS IN THREE PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION: ARCHIVE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND ROADSIDE THEATER. WE WILL COLLECT AND MAP BLACK CHURCHES AND FAITH EXPERIENCES IN CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA, COLLECT ORAL HISTORIES FROM AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY IN KNOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AND PARTICIPATE IN RESIDENCIES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PERFORMING OUR FUTURE PROGRAM.]
