(Re)Introducing AppalachianVoices.org
AppalachianVoices.org has gotten a bit of an upgrade!
Our fresh new website, launched in conjunction with our 20th anniversary, is designed to perform better on devices of all sizes. So whether you’re on a phone, computer or tablet, you can easily learn about the different environmental issues we work on, take action, and discover other ways to get involved. We also have seventeen years of back issues from The Appalachian Voice publication available for your perusing and reading pleasure.
To follow the latest developments, check out our Front Porch Blog — or, better yet, subscribe to receive daily or weekly blog updates and new online editions of The Appalachian Voice in your inbox. You can also join our email list at appvoices.org/signup to receive action alerts and our monthly e-newsletter.
Check out the new website, and send us your feedback at [email protected].
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I have obtained your recent issue. I am interested in knowing if
your publication organizationhas a Speakers Bureau or such with a listing of referred potential speakers. I am on two program committees in Henderson County, NC. thank you,
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