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Deliberation And Dialogue In A Quiet Place, Roger A. Lohmann
Deliberation And Dialogue In A Quiet Place, Roger A. Lohmann
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This article recounts the story of the rise and fall of the public deliberation and sustained dialogue mission of the Nova Institute in the (now defunct) School of Applied Social Sciences of West Virginia University. The concept of political quiescence in Appalachia is used to characterize some of the resistance to public discussion that was encountered. The article appears in a volume of essays around the theme of university-community relations in Central Europe and published in Budapest, Hungary.
Multiple Roles Of A Rural Administrator, Roger A. Lohmann, Nancy Lohmann
Multiple Roles Of A Rural Administrator, Roger A. Lohmann, Nancy Lohmann
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Basic administrative procedures are similar in rural and urban areas. Even so, rural human service administrators are often not prepared for the many roles they must assume in small and underfunded rural agencies. The roles may include personnel director, budget officer, accountant, fundraiser, supervisor, building and maintenance supervisor, volunteer coordinator, group developer, community organizer, public educator, policy analyst, and director of public relations and marketing.
The New Philanthropy In The New West Virginia, Roger A. Lohmann
The New Philanthropy In The New West Virginia, Roger A. Lohmann
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Although philanthropy is a very old concept, many authorities today see a new philanthropy, including dramatic increases in donations and the assets of foundations. Also a new West Virginia may be emerging from the past of the forest agriculture of buckskin-clad mountaineers and coal mining. This presentation examines the convergence of the new philanthropy and this new West Virginia.
Why Didn't The Dogs Bark?, Roger A. Lohmann, Shirley Stewart Burns
Why Didn't The Dogs Bark?, Roger A. Lohmann, Shirley Stewart Burns
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This study examines patterns of news coverage of five West Virginia mining disasters in local, regional and national news media. It grew out of an effort to follow up an earlier study of relief efforts at the Monongah mine disaster of 1907. One of the principal findings is that local newspapers consistently provided limited coverage of mining disasters and almost no coverage of relief efforts carried on in the wake of disasters. National coverage, by the New York Times and regional coverage by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reveals a number of persistent themes and some important differences.
The Monongah Mines Disaster Relief Committee, Roger A. Lohmann, Craig Johnson
The Monongah Mines Disaster Relief Committee, Roger A. Lohmann, Craig Johnson
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Four Perspectives On Appalachian Culture And Poverty, Roger A. Lohmann
Four Perspectives On Appalachian Culture And Poverty, Roger A. Lohmann
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Poverty is as closely associated with the Appalachian region as coal mining and the hammer dulcimer. Appalachian poverty has seldom been portrayed simply as poverty, but as the expression and symbol of something larger. Images of poverty - poorly dressed, sooty, emaciated, barefooted, mostly white, rural children and adults beside cabin porches - are as closely associated with Appalachia as cowboy hats with the West or moss-covered trees and white-columned mansions with the Old South.