®@heartwood_org twitter post: Just confirmed: Cynthia McKinney will offer Saturday night Keynote at Heartwood Forest Council
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Heartwood joins the many friends of Doris "Granny D" Haddock, in celebrating her life, her wisdom and courage, her sharp wit and ready sense of humor, her fierce commitment to justice and her determination to do what she could for her country and her planet home. Granny D died Tuesday night of chronic respiratory illness at her home in Dublin, New Hampshire. She was 100 years old. Granny D first came to public attention In 1999 and 2000, when she walked across the country to call attention to the need for campaign finance reform. Her campaign for the Senate in 2004, at age 94, was the subject of the award-winning documentary "Run Granny Run" by film-maker Marlo Poras, which includes her reminiscence of time spent at the May 2003 Heartwood Forest Council with actor Woody Harrelson. |
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Heartwood has been working with singer/songwriter Jason Wilber, who is the guitar player for John Prine, on a compilation CD of music by nationally known recording artists to raise awareness about and help stop the tragedy of mountaintop removal coal-mining.
We have partnered with film-makers Mari-Lynn Evans and Phylis Geller whose award winning documentary, "The Appalachians," was widely shown on PBS to produce the music CD as a companion piece to their new film, "Coal Country." The CD is called "Coal Country Music." "Coal Country" has been accepted into several film festivals and was recently named the best film of the year at the West Virginia Film Festival.
Heartwood mourns the passing of Alison Cochran Little. Alison was among the founders of Heartwood. Alison was present at the earliest meetings and played a key role in giving expression to the shared vision that would become Heartwood: people helping people protect the places they love.
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Why Heartwood?
I came to the reunion to be with like-minded people. It is so hard to find these people in my everyday life. Bill Harpole, KY
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HEARTWOOD is a regional network that protects forests and supports community activism in the eastern United States through education, advocacy, and citizen empowerment.
HEARTWOOD was founded in 1991, when concerned citizens from several midwestern states met and agreed to work together to protect the heartland hardwood forest.
This region was once blanketed with a majestic hardwood forest containing more than 70 species of hardwood trees. Unfortunately, much of this forest has been cleared and what remains is mostly isolated fragments of public land that nonetheless play a critical role in providing habitat for wildlife, purifying the air and water, moderating global climate change, and offering places of beauty and enjoyment. .
Today, our efforts remain rooted in the heart of the central hardwood region, with an emphasis on our “core states” of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri. Over time, Heartwood has branched out to serve areas of need throughout an 18-state region, giving special attention to the “at risk” national forests in Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Virginia.
