Stories of Hope

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ReImagine Appalachia is an economic policy coalition.

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ReImagine Appalachia is a diverse coalition that promotes a shared vision for a 21st Century economy that is good for communities, workers and the land. 

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ReImagine Appalachia is a coalition that was founded in 2020 out of a broad recognition that the economy has not been working for most people and places in the Ohio River Valley. We work with a diverse array of local partners, elected officials and labor groups with the goal of finding common ground across diverse stakeholder groups, to create a more unified voice and the collective leverage needed to move towards a more sustainable, equitable economy that is good for workers, communities and the land. 

What we do and how we do it:

We are guided by deep and constant outreach to communities and key partners from fields including labor, climate and climate resiliency, agriculture, manufacturing, and faith, working in and from local government, community-based organizations, sustainable development groups, and more. 

We do our work in three main buckets:

• Communications & Storytelling – both traditional & social media (including op-eds, press releases, engagement with partners via social platforms, etc.)
• Participatory Research – ensuring all of our stakeholders are providing input – we do this through hosting listening sessions and utilizing open-comment Google Docs at the beginning of research projects.
• Coalition Building & Convening – We host several virtual events monthly including webinars and summits. We also have meetings that occur weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly on our various priorities/initiatives. Each of our teams and events include our diverse stakeholders which ranges from local government officials to labor leaders to environmental advocates, federal agencies, arts & culture organizations, etc.

We have several initiatives and ongoing teams, here they are!

• Leverage Federal Climate Resources – this includes a list-serv, blogs, and Grant of the Month Club!
• ReImagine Your Community initiative – 8 communities across our region in cohort currently!
• Maximize Community Benefits – 2 Working groups on Community Benefit Agreements
• Make it in Appalachia and Manufacturing – Team meeting bi-weekly to discuss turning liabilities into assets and assist with the Appalachian Sustainable Business Network
• Redevelop Shuttered Coal Plants – working group meeting monthly and handbook!
• Repair Damaged Lands and Promote Flood Resiliency – Reports and montly meetings ongoing, includes policy recommendations!
• Tell Story of Hope – storytelling through our communications work and partnership with BLAC – the Black Appalachian Coalition
• Arts & Culture – Landscape analysis of organizations doing this work in the region and how we can get involved
• Policy – Team meets bi-weekly and is currently focused on Farm Bill advocacy
• Broadband – Reports and occasional meetings to discuss broadband planning in region

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