Arts & Democracy Projects

*Read a detailed profile of All-ages Movement Project by clicking on the CCP Profile link below. Calling all all-ages music venues, youth record producers, alternative art spaces, cultural collectives, nonprofits, and businesses putting power in the hands of young people! The All-ages Movement Project is building a coalition of community-based organizations that connect young people through underground independent music and art.

The Allied Media Conference (AMC) is an annual gathering of the grassroots media movement. The AMC brings together those working at the cutting edge of social justice-based independent film, radio, print, web, Hip Hop, and youth-based organizing. The Allied Media Conference features multimedia, hands-on workshops, panel discussions, caucus meetings, an expo area where organizations share their work, and some of the dopest spoken word and music performances that you will ever experience.

Membership/Constituency: The AMC emphasizes the participation of communities who are most impacted by the current corporate-dominated media system. The AMC is a multiracial gathering, with a strong emphasis on youth participation. The AMC is committed to the Midwest and all the brilliant organizers based here.

WMMT's programming is as diverse as its listenership, but we are particularly proud of our commitment to traditional Appalachian music and its descendant, bluegrass music. But we also have killer rock & roll shows, Americana, Celtic, Kids Radio, jazz, blues, big band, gospel, hip-hop, ska, punk, zydeco, Rockin' Marvin and a world class trivia show. But WMMT is not just a great music station. We are also dedicated to providing a forum for discussions on issues of vital interest to our entire region and the world. We do this with our weekly Mountain Talk, a call-in show with in-studio guests that covers the gamut of issues and events. We also go into communities and broadcast on a variety of issues, including candidate forums, forestry, strip mining, toxic waste, and others. 88.7 has produced nationally distributed series on Appalachian women writers, South African music, pioneering women in country music, forestry, and diabetes. Our weekly Coal Report and the three-times-a-week Regional Roundup are capsules we produce to try to shed light on life in these here hills.

API is a nonprofit organization formed in 1995 to serve the information needs of artists and organizations who are bringing the arts together with community and social concerns. Based in North Carolina, API was founded by co-directors Linda Frye Burnham and Steven Durland. API's goal is to support the efforts of culturally engaged artists and organizations, both by providing information to them about the field, and by providing information about the field to the broader public. Vehicles for this information include periodicals, books, pamphlets, archives, referrals, workshops, electronic information sites and collaborations with other organizations.