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Faith-based southern WV coalfield justice movement working toward the liberation of those of us existing *From Below*

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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Did you know WV has declared martial law at least 6x? #wvminewars
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Appalshop @appalshop.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
In 1974, Robert Gumpert traveled to Harlan Co, KY to document the Brookside Coal strike, made famous by 1976 film "Harlan County, USA." His images capture the people that lived through one of the most dramatic labor battles in UMWA history. 📸 Robert Gumpert, courtesy of Appalshop Archive
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Appodlachia @appodlachia.com · 23/07/2025
The White House’s discretionary budget includes a 93% cut to the Appalachian Regional Commission. This will be devastating to a region that is already falling behind the rest of the country.
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Appalachian Citizens' Law Center @appcitizenslaw.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Reporting indicates that we've made more progress in halting the Trump Administration's assault on coal miner health and safety. The administration is walking back its proposal to close over 30 MSHA offices. But there is still so much more to do. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
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Mine Safety Agency Restores Most Field Offices on DOGE’s Radar
The Trump administration reversed plans to close 32 US Mine Safety and Health Administration field offices, according to a memo obtain by Bloomberg Law.
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
What would you like to know about the WV Mine Wars? #longviolenthistory #wvminewars
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
June 18 @RepCarolMiller said it was her first time hearing of the water crisis in her district. June 20, a resident shared a letter from her acknowledging his water issues in 2023. By July 2, she said she had been involved for years working "hand in hand." #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Tonight US Rep. Riley Moore called for an EPA investigation into McDowell & Wyoming Co, WV water. We will continue calling for project funding, oversight, and water distributions until projects are completed. We are glad the word has spread beyond WV! youtu.be/c3VD3UTf6x0?...
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Rep. Moore’s Amendment to Address the Water Crisis in the Southern Coalfields Passes
This debate took place during the Interior appropriations bill markup on 7/22/25.
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
‘I’ll have to do some homework’: U.S. @RepCarolMiller on Wyoming Co, WV water crisis #carolshomework #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
‘I’ll have to do some homework’: U.S. @RepCarolMiller on Wyoming Co, WV water crisis #carolshomework #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
US @RepCarolMiller claims she needs to do some homework to look into the water crisis not being addressed. Something tells me the assignment is past due with a failing grade. #carolshomework #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
‘I’ll have to do some homework’: U.S. @RepCarolMiller on Wyoming Co, WV water crisis #carolshomework #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Brier Creek/ Fanrock area Wyoming County, WV. Today. #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Saturday movie rec! www.imdb.com/title/tt2473...
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Oxyana (2013) ⭐ 7.2 | Documentary, News
1h 18m | Not Rated
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Friday book rec! www.ericeyrebook.com/book
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Death in Mud Lick | Eric Eyre
Death in Mud Lick is a story of resilience and redemption, about how a crusading lawyer, reporter, and an ex-con with a drug-peddling past uncovered massive opioid pill dumping in small towns by some…
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Tyler Childers - Nose On The Grindstone | OurVinyl Sessions
Get our newest stuff in your inbox every Friday - https://www.ourvinyl.tv/newsletterPlease click those like and subscribe buttons. It helps us keep doing wha...
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
therealwv.com/opioid-treat...
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Opioid treatment programs under scrutiny in West Virginia
By Stephen Baldwin & Jenny Harnish, RealWV Photo by Jenny Harnish for RealWV. Cassie Hall lives in Nicholas County, West Virginia, near the border wit
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Creek Don't Rise - White Coat Man (Live On Red Barn Radio)
Marcus and Steve reside in WV. Jerry and Dave are from KY. Marcusstarted singing, playing guitar and writing songs in high school. Jerry’s father was in a Bl...
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Read more at: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Sat movie rec! www.imdb.com/title/tt1005...
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Devil Put the Coal in the Ground (2021) ⭐ 7.6 | Documentary
1h 22m
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Friday book rec! wvminewars.org/store/5t2849...
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Life Work And Rebellion in the Coal Fields — West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
The Southern West Virginia Miners, 1880-1922 David A. Corbin Paperback, 328 pages New edition, October 2015 West Virginia University Press Between 1880 and 1922, the coal fields of southern West…
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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A2 (Anthropocene Alliance) @a2-alliance.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
FEMA is being gutted while disasters are getting deadlier! Now more than ever, we need FEMA to be strong and ready to protect our communities. Recent changes are putting lives at risk. We can’t afford to stay silent. Speak up NOW by submitting your public comment to FEMA! 🔗 bit.ly/44NAxlF
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Donate at: wvumc.brtapp.com/page/donate/... Petition at: wvrivers.salsalabs.org/mcdowell-cou... #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Join our email list for a monthly update of good news ongoing in the southern WV coalfields! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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From Below Interest Survey
From Below: Rising Together for Coalfield Justice aims to educate, immerse, and activate people not native to the southern coalfields regarding coalfield issues while testifying to God’s good news…
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Modern day miner preacher youtu.be/oZjYaJi-CKs?...
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Dave Stacy at the Mine | 37
Dave Stacy preaches for his coworkers at the coal mine
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Ritual | How River Baptisms Shaped Black Musical Tradition | Episode 5
Tank Ball discovers the significance of river baptisms for the Black community.
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Visit us at wvfaith.org/from-below/
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Wyoming County, WV #waterforwv woay.com/pantry-nearl...
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Wyoming County, WV #waterforwv woay.com/pantry-nearl...
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Support this project by donating to the McDowell Water Project: wvumc.brtapp.com/page/donate/...
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
#waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"86% of West Virginia’s power comes from coal... WV ranks 49th in the country in electricity affordability in a review of 2020 data." wvpublic.org/more-coal-to...
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More Coal To Make Electricity Could Mean Higher Bills In Coal Country - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Trump wants the country to increase coal production, save coal-fired power plants from retirement and reopen closed ones.
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Book Rec! "James Van Nostrand tells the story of why West Virginia now faces overwhelming obstacles to competing in the economic marketplace of the twenty-first century."
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The Coal Trap
Cambridge Core - Environmental Law - The Coal Trap
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Help us share more about the ongoing work in the southern coalfields by sharing our posts and inviting others to join!
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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A SERMON FOR THESE TIMES
‘The Politics of Truth and the Sin of Silence’ | april19.2025
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
From Below and the people of the coalfields will continue telling the truth even when it's not the story that state leadership wants told. www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legisla...
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Another WV legislative session neglects flood resiliency fund amid slow recovery
Three years after it was created by the West Virginia Legislature, the Flood Resiliency Trust Fund remains unfunded while many southern coalfield residents continue to recover from devastating floods ...
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Washed out bridges in McDowell County may never be repaired, leaders weigh other options
A lack of available funding and proof of ownership stands in the way for many.
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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West Virginia river named one of the nation’s most endangered in the United States due to pollution threats from coal mining
The Gauley River in West Virginia has been named one of the 10 most endangered rivers in the U.S. for 2025 due to pollution threats from coal mining in the Cherry River, prompting environmental gro…
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Join our email list!
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From Below Interest Survey
From Below: Rising Together for Coalfield Justice aims to educate, immerse, and activate people not native to the southern coalfields regarding coalfield issues while testifying to God’s good news…
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Our Facebook group now has 1,000 people rising together for coalfield justice!
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Book Rec! "Bringing Down the Mountains provides insight into how mountaintop removal has affected the people and the land of southern West Virginia."
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Bringing Down the Mountains: The Impact of Mountaintop Removal on Southern West Virginia Communities
Bringing Down the Mountains Shirley Stewart Burns
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This is what the municipal water in Gary, McDowell Co, WV does to hot water tanks. Not only do you have to pay for this water, you have to pay for the damages it causes. #waterforwv
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Inside the southern WV county which had the most public water violations in the US. #waterforwv woay.com/woay-investi...
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WOAY Investigation: Inside the Water Crisis in Wyoming County
A look at the contaminated wells, legal battles, and unanswered questions facing southern West Virginia communities: Part 1 WYOMING COUNTY, W.Va. (WOAY) – “They’re living with water that they’re not…
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From Below @hollergospel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"The top 10 counties with the highest percentile ranking for water violations in descending order were Wyoming, WV; Boone, WV; Mercer, WV..." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #waterforwv
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
it causes me such pain to see snooty liberals respond to a story about a horrific, incurable, fatal occupational disease like black lung with “but how did they vote????” as if that fucking matters
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