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#Appalachianlovestory

Listen to our #AppalachianLoveStories on WMMT

5/11/2016

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Listen to Joe's story on WMMT's website
Joe Tolbert is a native of Knoxville, TN, and former steering committee member of the STAY Project. Joe has brought his talents to the Highlander Center, the Carpetbag Theater, and is now attending Seminary at Union College in New York City.  In this episode of Appalachian Love Stories, WMMT’s Rance Garrison speaks with Joe about race, spirituality, Joe’s experience in Knoxville as an urban Appalachian, and why he has decided to make his home in the region.

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Listen to Carmen's story on WMMT's Website
Carmen Davis is a recent college graduate, a musician, and a former member of the STAY Project’s steering committee. In this episode of Appalachian Love Stories, Bill Wireman of Seminary, Va. sat down to speak with her about experiences growing up in southwest Virginia, the sense of community that her work brings her, and why she has decided to stay in southwest Virginia.
Appalachian Love Stories is a series of audio portraits co-produced by WMMT & the STAY Project.  STAY stands for ‘Stay Together Appalachian Youth,’ and is an organization of youth, ages 14-30, from throughout Central Appalachia who are all working toward stronger local communities and bringing about positive change in the region.  This series profiles some of those young people, in their own words, with a special emphasis on low-income youth, youth of color, and the LGBT community.
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    Appalachian Love Stories 
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    Appalachian Loves Stories was a storytelling project started at the Stay Summer Institute in 2014 and has expanded into a campaign focused on making space for the stories of young people in Appalachia who may have no other space to tell their story.

    So what does STAY mean when we talk about our Appalachian Love Story? We're talking about "love" as a verb, as an action, as a process we are continuing to change and shift. We are talking about love as a choice, like how we choose to love Appalachia and how we choose to stay even when it might be easier to leave. We are talking about love as an intersectional youth movement that is building towards a regenerative and inclusive Appalachia. We are talking about love being hard work sometimes, and about how love comes with both joys and heartache. We are talking about how love is building a network of young people who uplift and support each other. So we are asking y'all to tell us how do you love Appalachia? Tell us how it is hard to love Appalachia. Tell us how you choose to stay. Tell us your Appalachian Love Story so we can feature it on the blog. #appalachianlovestory  

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