Resource Roundup #47
For the week of September 9th.
Hello folks, and happy Friday,
Been a busy week around here, and it will be a busy weekend, too. I hope you are filling your life with joy, even if it the most minuscule of glimpses.
We dropped a new podcast episode this week with Axel S., an educator in rural North Carolina. We talk about lots of important topics, including the importance of diverse educators, the positives and negatives of working in rural spaces, the teacher shortage, and how to respond to politicians who want teachers to “just teach”. You can listen above on Spotify, and we’re also available on Apple and here on Substack.
This Monday was Labor Day. If you don’t know the labor history of Appalachia, Inside Appalachia has a great podcast episode on it.
In the spirit of Labor Day, some classic labor songs:
In light of the events of this week, it feels like a good time to remind you that much of Appalachian history comes directly from the Scots-Irish. Did you know that North Carolina has the largest population of Scots-Irish people of any state in America? Solidarity, yall.