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The After Coal project has facilitated an exchange between former mining communities in South Wales and coal communities in east Kentucky this fall. On October 27 and 28, Richard Davies from the media program at Merthyr Tydfill College presented to youth in Letcher and Harlan Counties in Kentucky. Here are a few photos from his visit.
Youth from the Higher Ground project in Harlan County present their work.Richard Davies pauses outside the Portal 31 demonstration mine in Harlan County, KY
Youth from Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute talk with Richard Davies about making media in the coalfields.
Richard Davies present youth media from Wales on the campus of Southeastern Kentucky Community and Technical College in Harlan, KY
Higher Ground participants Robert Gipe, Devyn Creech, and Cassidy Wright exchange ideas about how youth can help revitalize coal communities.