Appalachian Voices is a grassroots environmental organization whose stated mission is to
| “ | Appalachian Voices brings people together to protect the land, air and water of central and southern Appalachia. We empower people to defend our region’s rich natural and cultural heritage by providing them with tools and strategies for successful grassroots campaigns. Since the impacts of coal threaten Appalachia more than any other single source of pollution, we are committed to reducing coal’s impact on the region and advancing our vision for a cleaner energy future. | ” |
Appalachian Voices was founded in 1997 and is based in Boone, North Carolina, but has offices in Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia. They are members of the Alliance for Appalachia, Waterkeeper Alliance, Wise Energy for Virginia. Their work focuses primarily upon environmental issues concerning the Appalachian Mountains region. Their stated goals include eliminating air pollution, ending mountaintop removal coal mining, and restoring Appalachian forests. Their main actions entail advocacy, education, and grassroots organizing.
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“As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes. Voices may reach us from it; but what they say to us is imbued with the obscurity of the matrix out of which they come; and try as we may, we cannot always decipher them precisely in the clearer light of our day.”
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)