Ivy Brashear Ivy Brashear is the Appalachian Transition Director at the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development. Related Articles By This Author Health & Happiness Appalachian Students Displaced by Outbreak Get a Lifeline Kentucky’s Berea College closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s not stopping the work of supporting students. Ivy Brashear | Mar 23, 2020 Issues The Lies We’re Told About Appalachia The old exploitative images are indelible: out of work, White, needy. They obscure the region’s diversity and long tradition of activism. Ivy Brashear | Nov 12, 2019 Economy How to Get Out of the Debt Trap When Banks Won’t Help In many rural areas, a lack of banking options has led to an increase in predatory lending. In eastern Kentucky, a new nonprofit is fighting back. Ivy Brashear | Sep 10, 2019 Social Justice Only 13 States Offer Medically Accurate Sex Education. Here’s How to Fill in the Gaps The Sexy Sex Ed initiative helps rural young people feel more comfortable discussing their bodies, sex, and reproductive health to empower them to advocate for themselves. Ivy Brashear | Mar 21, 2019 Issues The Co-op That’s Keeping Community Money Out of Big Banks How marginalized groups are working to counteract historical wealth inequality. Ivy Brashear | Dec 4, 2018 Health & Happiness Women’s Rights Are Center Stage in One Kentucky Community A local theater group tackles stigma and prompts conversations in a state where abortion is steadily under attack. Ivy Brashear | Jul 18, 2018 Democracy Where Birth Control Is Scarce, Young Women Create Sex Education Outside the Classroom A Kentucky program trains women to advocate for their reproductive health. Ivy Brashear | Jun 20, 2018 Social Justice Why Rural America Isn’t a Lost Cause for Progressive Ideas Too often, liberal candidates write off red states. But their policies could find a willing audience there. Ivy Brashear | Jan 29, 2018 Democracy The Radio Show Bringing Prisoners Messages from Home For inmates that can’t afford phone calls, this weekly program connects them to faraway family and friends. Ivy Brashear | Dec 11, 2017
Health & Happiness Appalachian Students Displaced by Outbreak Get a Lifeline Kentucky’s Berea College closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s not stopping the work of supporting students. Ivy Brashear | Mar 23, 2020
Issues The Lies We’re Told About Appalachia The old exploitative images are indelible: out of work, White, needy. They obscure the region’s diversity and long tradition of activism. Ivy Brashear | Nov 12, 2019
Economy How to Get Out of the Debt Trap When Banks Won’t Help In many rural areas, a lack of banking options has led to an increase in predatory lending. In eastern Kentucky, a new nonprofit is fighting back. Ivy Brashear | Sep 10, 2019
Social Justice Only 13 States Offer Medically Accurate Sex Education. Here’s How to Fill in the Gaps The Sexy Sex Ed initiative helps rural young people feel more comfortable discussing their bodies, sex, and reproductive health to empower them to advocate for themselves. Ivy Brashear | Mar 21, 2019
Issues The Co-op That’s Keeping Community Money Out of Big Banks How marginalized groups are working to counteract historical wealth inequality. Ivy Brashear | Dec 4, 2018
Health & Happiness Women’s Rights Are Center Stage in One Kentucky Community A local theater group tackles stigma and prompts conversations in a state where abortion is steadily under attack. Ivy Brashear | Jul 18, 2018
Democracy Where Birth Control Is Scarce, Young Women Create Sex Education Outside the Classroom A Kentucky program trains women to advocate for their reproductive health. Ivy Brashear | Jun 20, 2018
Social Justice Why Rural America Isn’t a Lost Cause for Progressive Ideas Too often, liberal candidates write off red states. But their policies could find a willing audience there. Ivy Brashear | Jan 29, 2018
Democracy The Radio Show Bringing Prisoners Messages from Home For inmates that can’t afford phone calls, this weekly program connects them to faraway family and friends. Ivy Brashear | Dec 11, 2017