“Home” was created as part of Kentucky to the World’s October 2022 program The State of Song: My Old Kentucky Home Faces a Changing World at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, where Drake sat on a panel with musicians Harry Pickens and Ben Sollee, led in conversation by Emily Bingham, the author of My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song.
Read MoreEntrepreneur Rusty Justice, Media Researcher Sam Ford, and Corporate Strategist Vijay Kamineni discuss the need for investment in digital infrastructure as a critical dimension of assuring labor opportunities for Appalachian Americans in the digital economy.
Read MoreMIT Media Researcher Sam Ford, entrepreneur Rusty Justice, and corporate strategist Venkata “Vijay” Kamenini discuss the importance of lifelong learning and reskilling in today’s digital economy.
Read MoreThe transition from coal miner to tech worker might sound counterintuitive. And for many of Kentucky's legacy miners, it felt that way, too. Pikeville entrepreneur Rusty Justice, Innovation & Technology expert Venkata “Vijay” Kamineni, and MIT Media Researcher Sam Ford discuss how equipping the workforce with an internal narrative focused around a narrative tied to its inherent resilience as an attribute as opposed to the job title itself can set existing and future generations up for successful career trajectories.
Read MoreCassie Chambers Armstrong, Appalachian author, attorney, and Louisville Metro Council Representative, details the importance of elevating diverse voices coming out of Appalachia.
Read MoreHill Women author and Louisville Metro Councilwoman Cassie Chambers Armstrong describes the basis for her "anti-bootstraps narrative" concerning the experiences of corporate extraction and systemic marginalization within Appalachian communities.
Read MoreAs a journalist, Perry Bacon, Jr. has witnessed a dramatic change in the way media is consumed by Americans. From his beginnings in news magazines to cable and network news, he has had to stay ahead of the curve.
Read MoreChef Nikkia Rhodes discusses her plans to continue supporting her students and elevating the reputation and image of Kentucky in whatever capacity possible.
Read MoreVicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, shares the importance of teaching soft skills including empathy, community involvement, stewardship, and courage among others.
Read MoreVicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, shares experiences from her time with the Gates Foundation and the role that Kentucky teachers were able to play there.
Read MoreBill Porter shares his experience at the University of Louisville, including memorable moments that made him fall in love with education.
Read MoreVicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, shares some of her experiences with education in Kentucky including the Prichard Committee.
Read MoreJan Helson, co-founder and board member of Global Game Changers, says that Kentucky has so much intellectual capital and we agree! She shares the complexities of this intellectual capital and the potential that lies within.
Read MoreJustin Walker, Executive Director of Global Game Changers and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Louisville, shares how he came to his role with Global Game Changers and the impact the organization tries to make in the lives of children.
Read MoreJustin Walker shares that values are what makes Kentucky great. “If you work hard, you can accomplish anything.”
Read MoreJustin Walker shares insight into the Global Game Changers program. Talent plus heart equals a superpower!
Read MoreJan Helson, co-founder and board member of Global Game Changers, explains how Global Game Changers uses fictional superheroes to help children identify with becoming real life superheroes.
Read MoreEvan Roth, managing partner at BBR Partners, discusses his education in Kentucky, what made it special, and how it uniquely positioned him for success.
Read MoreEllen Miller is the co-founder and executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based, non-partisan non-profit dedicated to using the power of the internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency. Her Kentucky roots run deep, as a member of the Shapira family, whose Heaven Hill Distilleries based in Bardstown is America’s largest independent family-owned producer of bourbon. Here she discusses technology’s role in government transparency, historical Kentuckians who influence her worldview and lifework and Louisville’s role as a leader in government open-data policy.
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