Utility disconnection protections: Let’s make it permanent

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Utility disconnection protections: Let’s make it permanent

By | August 30, 2021

Shutting off electricity and other vital utilities of families who can’t afford their bills is unjust. During a pandemic, it’s barbaric. Appalachian Voices offers solutions.

N.C. Families Contend With Mounting Bills

By | May 5, 2021

Faced with the threat of utility disconnection and even eviction in the pandemic, many North Carolinians are forced to decide between essentials.

Reinventing Museum Offerings During COVID

By | April 15, 2021

Museums throughout the region have found creative ways to connect with the public during COVID, both online and offline. And as many museums resume in-person operations, some are planning to keep these popular new programs.

TAGS: Appalachian Culture Art covid History Museums

Advocates call on Biden to stop TVA disconnections during pandemic

By | March 10, 2021

CONTACT: Bri Knisley, Appalachian Voices Tennessee Campaign Coordinator, 865-219-3225, brianna@appvoices.org Aisha Dukule, Press Officer, Friends of the Earth 202-893-3502, adukule@foe.org Knoxville, TN — Groups in Tennessee and across the country delivered more than 21,500 petition signatures to leaders in Washington…

Federal funding can’t protect 100,000s of NC families from eviction and utility shutoffs

By | March 8, 2021

Raleigh, NC — Despite last week’s passage of legislation allocating nearly $500 million for emergency rent and utility assistance, hundreds of thousands of struggling families in North Carolina will remain at risk of eviction and disconnection from water and energy…

NC Utility Customers: Know your rights and resources

By | January 20, 2021

We put together a resource guide for residents in North Carolina who are in danger of having vital water and electric services disconnected during the pandemic.

NC public interest groups urge Gov. Cooper to immediately suspend evictions, utility shutoffs

By | December 23, 2020

Raleigh, N.C. — A coalition of racial justice, housing, low-income and conservation groups today sent a letter to Governor Roy Cooper urging him to institute an immediate emergency moratorium on housing evictions and electricity, gas and water shutoffs to prevent…

Funding to assist NC families with rent, utilities during Covid runs out today

By | November 11, 2020

CONTACT: Rory McIlmoil, Appalachian Voices, rory@appvoices.org, (423) 433-9415 Jovita Lee, Center for Biological Diversity, jlee@biologicaldiversity.org, (919) 925-2486 As of 6 pm today, the roughly $175 million allocated for Governor Roy Cooper’s HOPE program — which has provided financial relief for…

Miners with black lung disease deserve better

By | October 15, 2020

Coal miners were promised health care benefits if they contract black lung, a deadly disease. Congress owes it to them to ensure those benefits are funded.

TVA’s Covid relief fund should be a starting point

By | October 13, 2020

We’ve joined dozens of organizations to demand that TVA provide funding for a moratorium on electricity shutoffs in the region and debt relief for families struggling from Covid-related economic hardship.