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Green Hills

ASA Communications

The ASA devises and distributes resolutions regarding ongoing issues outside of the association.

Below is a description of and link to each ASA resolution in PDF format.

Black History Month 2024

Native American Heritage Month 2023

ASA Statement on Pine Mountain

LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2023

Black History Month 2023

Appalachian Foodways Fellowship

Reproductive Rights

Native American Heritage Month 2022

Statement of Solidarity

The Resolution in Support of ARC's Use of Funds was printed in issue 3.1 of Appalink in May 1979. It applauds the efforts of the Appalachian Regional Commission to use funding for the support of local grassroots organizations.

The Letter of Protest was written by former ASA President Gordon McKinney in February 2003, in response to CBS wanting to air a show called “The Real Beverly Hillbillies,” a series which the ASA felt would exploit people in the Appalachian region.

The Memorandum of Understanding, an agreement between the ASA and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), was entered into on 23 July 2009 for the purpose of “seek[ing] opportunities to collaborate in activities and take actions to benefit the Appalachian people, their region, and their communities.”

The KCTCS Tenure Resolution, passed by the ASA Steering Committee on 29 March 2009, requests that the KCTCS Board of Regents reinstitute tenure as an option for new employees.

The Radford University Resolution, an address made by former ASA President Carol Baugh given to the Radford University Appalachian Studies Department in March of 2008, expresses support for the RU Appalachian Studies Dept. in light of the University’s efforts to downsize its Appalachian Studies program.

The Mountaintop Removal Resolution, passed at an ASA Business Meeting on 20 March 1999, requests that Mountain Top Removal and Fill-In of Valleys in the Appalachian region be stopped immediately.

Don West Homeplace Letter of Support

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