UMD engages volunteers and community members in numerous outreach and education opportunities including publishing and distributing the Tennessee Mountain Defender newspaper, organizing and participating in special events, conducting online organizing and letter writing campaigns, as well as coalition building. UMD has expanded its outreach and education by supporting several educational art projects.
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Tennessee Mountain Defender Voices for Appalachia Online Organizing and Letter Writing Special Events Coalition Building |
Tennessee Mountain Defender Newspaper
The Tennessee Mountain Defender is an educational newspaper that includes articles on the impacts of mining on Tennessee’s mountains and watersheds, current permits, ways citizens can get involved, how to report violations of the law and numerous other articles of interest. Each edition is distributed to local coalfield residents and is passed out in numerous other communities and at local and regional events.
Tennessee Mountain Defender 2006
Voices for Appalachia- Written and Narrated by Hundreds
An Appalachian Portrait-Story Project
Reach the artist Francesco di Santis through email at wanderer@riseup.net
Voices for Appalachia Image Gallery
Post Katrina Portrait Story Project
Voices for Appalachia is a media and social phenomenon made up of 500 Portrait-Stories. Each piece of art features a hand drawn portrait of an individual living within Appalachia and their personal story written directly on the portrait. The art series includes a large range of descriptive stories and anecdotes of firsthand accounts of each person’s experience in Appalachia. The future of the project depends on continued collaboration to make it accessible for viewers within Appalachia as a touring art show and outreach and education tool. Please consider arranging a Voices for Appalachia art show for your community.
More about Voices for Appalachia
How to get Voices for Appalachia in your Town
Guidelines for setting up Voices for Appalachia
History of Voices for Appalachia
Current Location
Onine Organizing and Letter Writing
United Mountain Defense conducts extensive online organizing and outreach including letter writing and email campaigns. We have a website, an active listserv, various social media profiles (including a Facebook and Twitter) and we regularly publish in online publications such as the Tennessee Independent Media Center. Our letter writing and email campaigns also enable citizens to submit comments on permits and rule changes as well as hearing requests.
Special Events
Throughout the year, United Mountain hosts and produces outreach material for numerous special events. These events have included rallies, film festivals, benefit concerts and speaking engagements to both educate the public and to mobilize action in the campaign to protect the mountains and waters of Tennessee.
