Recent Social Media Updates

We’re inviting all STAY members and young people in Appalachia ages 14-30 to join us Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00pm ET (5:00pm CT) for a STAY Membership Call! We’re talking about what STAY has been up to in 2024, what we have planned fo
We’re inviting all STAY members and young people in Appalachia ages 14-30 to join us Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00pm ET (5:00pm CT) for a STAY Membership Call! We’re talking about what STAY has been up to in 2024, what we have planned for 2025, and how our members can plug in through next year. In the face of political repression, violence, and hard times we want to share STAY’s approach to our 2025 programming and to strengthening our connection with our membership. Join the call next Tuesday to get up to date, to let us know what you want to see from STAY in 2025, and to hang out! Register at the link in our bio or go to bit.ly/STAY2024. <3
STAY is hosting a Zoom space again this Friday, Oct 25th, @ 6:00pm ET (5pm CT) for youth 14-30 to have a space to be in community, grieve, and vent together following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Register at the link in our bio or go to bit.l
STAY is hosting a Zoom space again this Friday, Oct 25th, @ 6:00pm ET (5pm CT) for youth 14-30 to have a space to be in community, grieve, and vent together following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Register at the link in our bio or go to bit.ly/STAYTOGETHER2 to join❤️
We have identified that our Weathering the Storm calls are an ongoing need and are committed to holding them weekly through October 💜 Our next call will be tomorrow at 5:00PM ET / 6:00PM CT. Register through the link in our bio or go to http://bit.l
We have identified that our Weathering the Storm calls are an ongoing need and are committed to holding them weekly through October 💜 Our next call will be tomorrow at 5:00PM ET / 6:00PM CT. Register through the link in our bio or go to http://bit.ly/STAYTogether to join
We are with y&rsquo;all. Please reach out to us if you need support&hearts;️🇵🇸 this response is linked on our website under news/updates.
We are with y’all. Please reach out to us if you need support♥️🇵🇸 this response is linked on our website under news/updates.
STAY is hosting an online collective space this Friday, Oct 4th, @ 6:00pm ET (5pm CT) for our members to have a space to be in community, process, grieve, and vent together following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Register at the link in our bi
STAY is hosting an online collective space this Friday, Oct 4th, @ 6:00pm ET (5pm CT) for our members to have a space to be in community, process, grieve, and vent together following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Register at the link in our bio or go to bit.ly/STAYSUPPORT to join❤️ Sending deep love. DM us for questions.
The STAY Project is with y&rsquo;all in the heartbreak&mdash;both regionally in the midst of the unnatural disaster and devastation of Hurricane Helene and globally as we witness the continued rise of genocidal &lsquo;war.&rsquo; While we are abandon
The STAY Project is with y’all in the heartbreak—both regionally in the midst of the unnatural disaster and devastation of Hurricane Helene and globally as we witness the continued rise of genocidal ‘war.’ While we are abandoned and left to fend for, care for, and protect ourselves and our communities, the leaders of the US empire continue to fund and support genocide in Palestine and Lebanon and around the world. In this moment, we want to amplify these organizations and groups working to move resources and coordinate rapid response across the region. Please move resources to and follow the leadership of folks on the ground and in community! We are with y’all now and for the long haul of recovery, rebuilding, and preparing our communities for ongoing climate collapse. Sending deep love and solidarity ❤️
Juneteenth this weekend in Big Stone Gap, VA! Saturday June 22nd in Italy Bottom Park! Saturday&rsquo;s program will begin at 11:00 AM and live entertainment will begin in the early afternoon. SugarShack Barbeque and The Cluck Truck will be set up a
Juneteenth this weekend in Big Stone Gap, VA! Saturday June 22nd in Italy Bottom Park! Saturday’s program will begin at 11:00 AM and live entertainment will begin in the early afternoon. SugarShack Barbeque and The Cluck Truck will be set up as vendors in the field adjacent to the park next to Bethesda Church of God. They will be set up and ready to start serving customers at 11:00. Free hot dogs, chips, and fruit will be served after noon in the park! Water will be readily available at all times. Parking will be along the road of the park entrance (6th street will be shut down from Powell Ave to 2nd Ave). There will be additional parking at Drs. Botts and Botts office, the parking lot adjacent where Dr. Sawyer’s office is behind Pizza King, and the parking lot of the Bethesda Church of God.
ANNOUNCEMENT! ‼️ Come join us on Friday, March 15th from 4:00-7:00pm CT for our annual 2024 Appalachian Love Fest artist concert &amp; showcase!!! 🎉 We will be in Birmingham, Alabama at the Magic City Acceptance Center (@mcacbham.) This is an all ag
ANNOUNCEMENT! ‼️ Come join us on Friday, March 15th from 4:00-7:00pm CT for our annual 2024 Appalachian Love Fest artist concert & showcase!!! 🎉 We will be in Birmingham, Alabama at the Magic City Acceptance Center (@mcacbham.) This is an all ages, free event where we will be featuring the art of youth musicians, artists, and cultural workers across Appalachia and the South that we’ll be creating together beforehand!!! 🎨 We’re partnering up with @jxnology, @peoplesbudgetbhm, the Magic City Youth Initiative, and @mcacbham. It’s going to be SUPER beautiful and fun, bring a friend and please ‼️MASK UP ‼️ If you have questions hit our DMS or email connect@thestayproject.net. WE CANT WAIT 🔥🔥
Here&rsquo;s SOME various pics from this past year for the grid 💕 We love all yall, STAY is in a beautiful place and only becomes more and more amazing thanks to all of the brilliant young people that create STAY. We have lots cooking up during 2024
Here’s SOME various pics from this past year for the grid 💕 We love all yall, STAY is in a beautiful place and only becomes more and more amazing thanks to all of the brilliant young people that create STAY. We have lots cooking up during 2024, lots of things for our members coming and we’re only finding more ways to be in community with y’all & we can’t wait to see you. Appalachian Love Fest is NEXT WEEK (info today!), and stay tuned during 2024 for this years upcoming Summer Institute and @blackappalachianyoungandrising gathering. ❤️
We invite STAY membership to join us for Powerpoint Presentation Night, this Friday, Feb 23rd @ 7pm EST (6pm CT) on Zoom! This is a virtual youth hangout space where we&rsquo;d inviting yall to come present a short 5-7 minute powerpoint on your curre
We invite STAY membership to join us for Powerpoint Presentation Night, this Friday, Feb 23rd @ 7pm EST (6pm CT) on Zoom! This is a virtual youth hangout space where we’d inviting yall to come present a short 5-7 minute powerpoint on your current favorite things, special interests, roman empires, or hobbies! (You also can just come hang out.) Register at the link in bio, or go to bit.ly/PWRpoint. ✨Please let us know briefly about what topic you wanna present about beforehand by emailing robert@thestayproject.net or DMing us. ✨💗
That&rsquo;s a wrap for #AppalachianLoveWeek. Thank you for your support, for sharing your #appalachianlovestory, for listening to ours, and for loving us. . If we could leave you with one thing - it&rsquo;s to remember that the dreams of Black Appa
That’s a wrap for #AppalachianLoveWeek. Thank you for your support, for sharing your #appalachianlovestory, for listening to ours, and for loving us. . If we could leave you with one thing - it’s to remember that the dreams of Black Appalachian Youth are the future of our region and communities. Support how you can and when you can. It will take all of us to reach the future we want to see. . We love you. We love us. We are so grateful to do this work alongside you.
Mary&rsquo;s #AppalachianLoveStory: &ldquo;BAYR is a dream come true for countless Black folks who have worked so hard to make and find community here. We deserve safe, affirming, and transformative spaces to grow up and into who we dream to be. Bla
Mary’s #AppalachianLoveStory: “BAYR is a dream come true for countless Black folks who have worked so hard to make and find community here. We deserve safe, affirming, and transformative spaces to grow up and into who we dream to be. Black Appalachian Youth are powerful and thriving and aren’t going anywhere!” . We invite you to share your #appalachianlovestory, share the Appalachian Love Stories of others, and consider making a gift to STAY in honor of Appalachian Love Week. All gifts this week directly support BAYR. 💚 You can support us at the link in our bio!
As #AppalachianLoveWeek starts winding down, Nina Morgan our #blackappalachianyoungandrising STAYtion coordinator shares insights from the BAYR retreat. Nina shares BAYR&rsquo;s collective #appalachianlovestory. . We ask our community - if you have
As #AppalachianLoveWeek starts winding down, Nina Morgan our #blackappalachianyoungandrising STAYtion coordinator shares insights from the BAYR retreat. Nina shares BAYR’s collective #appalachianlovestory. . We ask our community - if you have the means - to give directly to support Black youth leadership in Appalachia through Black Appalachia Young and Rising at the link in our bio.
A-Nya&rsquo;s #appalachianlovestory: BAYR helped me feel like I really had ownership of my Appalachian identity. Growing up, I always felt like being &ldquo;Appalachian&rdquo; was exclusively a white thing, and I was just a Black person who lived in
A-Nya’s #appalachianlovestory: BAYR helped me feel like I really had ownership of my Appalachian identity. Growing up, I always felt like being “Appalachian” was exclusively a white thing, and I was just a Black person who lived in Appalachia. BAYR helped me step into my power as an organizer and also the power to truly believe that I belong in a place that has so much Black and Indigenous history rooted here. . We invite you to share your #appalachianlovestory, share the Appalachian Love Stories of others, and consider making a gift to STAY in honor of Appalachian Love Week. All gifts this week directly support BAYR. 💚 You can support us at the link in our bio!
Support BAYR instead of Netflix for #AppalachianLoveWeek. For the same price as a Netflix subscription you can support Black Appalachian youth. We did the math to imagine the possibile impact of our community and the results are staggering! What does
Support BAYR instead of Netflix for #AppalachianLoveWeek. For the same price as a Netflix subscription you can support Black Appalachian youth. We did the math to imagine the possibile impact of our community and the results are staggering! What does it look like to withhold support from corporations like Netflix and support youth in our region instead? . Of course not everyone can afford to make a gift this week and we know that $6.99 isn’t a small amount of money. So - we want to remind you that there are so many other ways to impact our communities and region, too! We invite you to join us and tell us what changes you would like to help bring about in our region. Also, sharing our story is a great way to support our work. . You can make a gift by following the link in our bio. You can also join STAY and BAYR on our website. Share your #appalachianlovestory or ours with your own communities. It will take all of us to build a more liberated world.
Nina&rsquo;s #appalachianlovestory: &ldquo;BAYR reminds me of the power of black youth across the region &mdash; we&rsquo;re out here building the world that we want to see in beautiful ways. It motivates me to work to empower young people to dream
Nina’s #appalachianlovestory: “BAYR reminds me of the power of black youth across the region — we’re out here building the world that we want to see in beautiful ways. It motivates me to work to empower young people to dream and break out of isolation and despair. It’s hard at times, but it’s worth it…and can be life-saving.” . We invite you to share your #appalachianlovestory, share the Appalachian Love Stories of others, and consider making a gift to STAY in honor of Appalachian Love Week. All gifts this week directly support BAYR. 💚 You can support us at the link in our bio!
4 ways you can support Black Appalachian youth through BAYR during #AppalachianLoveWeek: 1. Witness! Listen to our #appalachianlovestories and amplify our voices. Share our stories with your community. 2. Commit! Show up alongside us. Join the #stay
4 ways you can support Black Appalachian youth through BAYR during #AppalachianLoveWeek: 1. Witness! Listen to our #appalachianlovestories and amplify our voices. Share our stories with your community. 2. Commit! Show up alongside us. Join the #staytogetherappalachianyouth and #blackappalachianyoungandrising membership on our website. 3. Resource. Invest what you can, according to your means. Even $5 a month helps us do our work. You can give at our link in bio. 4. Love. Celebrate eachother and show care. We are building something beautiful.
Robert&rsquo;s #AppalachianLoveStory: &ldquo;I love the cozy nature of Appalachia. Fishing on the weekends, going to trade day, and spending time with my grandma working on his house so many years ago. If you are willing to spend time in your commu
Robert’s #AppalachianLoveStory: “I love the cozy nature of Appalachia. Fishing on the weekends, going to trade day, and spending time with my grandma working on his house so many years ago. If you are willing to spend time in your community here Appalachia it pays off. My current position in leadership as coordinator of popular education organizing would not be possible if not for the backing of the Coco’s and BAYR. BAYR gave me a real footing in the organization and helped me expand my love of Appalachia beyond the borders of my city as it gave credibility to the fact that being black in Appalachia still makes you Appalachian. And no one can take away your culture, your family’s history, and your communities identity.” . We invite you to share your #appalachianlovestory, share the Appalachian Love Stories of others, and consider making a gift to STAY in honor of Appalachian Love Week. All gifts this week directly support BAYR. 💚 You can support us at the link in our bio!
Happy #AppalachianLoveWeek! Appalachian Love Week is our annual storytelling week. This year we are specifically amplifying the stories of our @blackappalachianyoungandrising delegation as we ask our community to join us in supporting Black Appalachi
Happy #AppalachianLoveWeek! Appalachian Love Week is our annual storytelling week. This year we are specifically amplifying the stories of our @blackappalachianyoungandrising delegation as we ask our community to join us in supporting Black Appalachian youth leadership. . We invite you to share your #appalachianlovestory, share the Appalachian Love Stories of others, and consider making a gift to STAY in honor of Appalachian Love Week. All gifts this week directly support BAYR. 💚 You can support us at the link in our bio!
Special delivery!!! 🎁 Closing out the year and moving into 2024 we&rsquo;re planning to send out a PHYSICAL newsletter through the snail mail. SIGN UP to receive it if you haven&rsquo;t already! These newsletters will include reflections about STAY&
Special delivery!!! 🎁 Closing out the year and moving into 2024 we’re planning to send out a PHYSICAL newsletter through the snail mail. SIGN UP to receive it if you haven’t already! These newsletters will include reflections about STAY’s work, regional happenings, national and global news, member contributions, have cute pics, and more. We’re making this transition in order to connect more personally & directly with our STAY members, alumni, supporters, donors, communities, and orgs across the region. Go ahead and subscribe to our snail mail using the link in bio!! Or go to bit.ly/STAYSnailMail. And be sure to update your mailing address if you think we already have you on our list 💌 ps., our digital newsletter will still continue so subscribe to that via our website :)
We&rsquo;re inviting all STAY members and young people in Appalachia ages 14-30 to join us Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00pm ET (5:00pm CT) for a STAY Membership Call! We&rsquo;re talking about what STAY has been up to in 2024, what we have planned fo STAY is hosting a Zoom space again this Friday, Oct 25th, @ 6:00pm ET (5pm CT) for youth 14-30 to have a space to be in community, grieve, and vent together following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Register at the link in our bio or go to bit.l We have identified that our Weathering the Storm calls are an ongoing need and are committed to holding them weekly through October 💜 Our next call will be tomorrow at 5:00PM ET / 6:00PM CT. Register through the link in our bio or go to http://bit.l We are with y&rsquo;all. Please reach out to us if you need support&hearts;️🇵🇸 this response is linked on our website under news/updates. STAY is hosting an online collective space this Friday, Oct 4th, @ 6:00pm ET (5pm CT) for our members to have a space to be in community, process, grieve, and vent together following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Register at the link in our bi The STAY Project is with y&rsquo;all in the heartbreak&mdash;both regionally in the midst of the unnatural disaster and devastation of Hurricane Helene and globally as we witness the continued rise of genocidal &lsquo;war.&rsquo; While we are abandon Juneteenth this weekend in Big Stone Gap, VA! Saturday June 22nd in Italy Bottom Park! Saturday&rsquo;s program will begin at 11:00 AM and live entertainment will begin in the early afternoon. SugarShack Barbeque and The Cluck Truck will be set up a ANNOUNCEMENT! ‼️ Come join us on Friday, March 15th from 4:00-7:00pm CT for our annual 2024 Appalachian Love Fest artist concert &amp; showcase!!! 🎉 We will be in Birmingham, Alabama at the Magic City Acceptance Center (@mcacbham.) This is an all ag Here&rsquo;s SOME various pics from this past year for the grid 💕 We love all yall, STAY is in a beautiful place and only becomes more and more amazing thanks to all of the brilliant young people that create STAY. We have lots cooking up during 2024 We invite STAY membership to join us for Powerpoint Presentation Night, this Friday, Feb 23rd @ 7pm EST (6pm CT) on Zoom! This is a virtual youth hangout space where we&rsquo;d inviting yall to come present a short 5-7 minute powerpoint on your curre That&rsquo;s a wrap for #AppalachianLoveWeek. Thank you for your support, for sharing your #appalachianlovestory, for listening to ours, and for loving us. . If we could leave you with one thing - it&rsquo;s to remember that the dreams of Black Appa Mary&rsquo;s #AppalachianLoveStory: &ldquo;BAYR is a dream come true for countless Black folks who have worked so hard to make and find community here. We deserve safe, affirming, and transformative spaces to grow up and into who we dream to be. Bla As #AppalachianLoveWeek starts winding down, Nina Morgan our #blackappalachianyoungandrising STAYtion coordinator shares insights from the BAYR retreat. Nina shares BAYR&rsquo;s collective #appalachianlovestory. . We ask our community - if you have A-Nya&rsquo;s #appalachianlovestory: BAYR helped me feel like I really had ownership of my Appalachian identity. Growing up, I always felt like being &ldquo;Appalachian&rdquo; was exclusively a white thing, and I was just a Black person who lived in Support BAYR instead of Netflix for #AppalachianLoveWeek. For the same price as a Netflix subscription you can support Black Appalachian youth. We did the math to imagine the possibile impact of our community and the results are staggering! What does Nina&rsquo;s #appalachianlovestory: &ldquo;BAYR reminds me of the power of black youth across the region &mdash; we&rsquo;re out here building the world that we want to see in beautiful ways. It motivates me to work to empower young people to dream 4 ways you can support Black Appalachian youth through BAYR during #AppalachianLoveWeek: 1. Witness! Listen to our #appalachianlovestories and amplify our voices. Share our stories with your community. 2. Commit! Show up alongside us. Join the #stay Robert&rsquo;s #AppalachianLoveStory: &ldquo;I love the cozy nature of Appalachia. Fishing on the weekends, going to trade day, and spending time with my grandma working on his house so many years ago. If you are willing to spend time in your commu Happy #AppalachianLoveWeek! Appalachian Love Week is our annual storytelling week. This year we are specifically amplifying the stories of our @blackappalachianyoungandrising delegation as we ask our community to join us in supporting Black Appalachi Special delivery!!! 🎁 Closing out the year and moving into 2024 we&rsquo;re planning to send out a PHYSICAL newsletter through the snail mail. SIGN UP to receive it if you haven&rsquo;t already! These newsletters will include reflections about STAY&
STAY Project Community Mapping Scavenger Hunt
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STAY Project Community Mapping Scavenger Hunt

You are about to embark on the STAY Project’s community mapping scavenger hunt! If we want to make our communities places where we can and want to STAY we have to know our communities. This scavenger hunt is adapted from the Highlander Center’s Mapping our Futures curriculum and is a way for you to get familiar with your community and share it with us.

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