Emma Kelly
@evkelly.bsky.social
New Economy Program Manager for Appalachian Voices, anthropologist, union girlie. At home in the mountains with a good book or game. She/her
If any of my mountain peeps in the SEKY/SWVA area wants to share this around, we are trying to fill some bellies and get some toys to kids in need.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If any of my mountain peeps in the SEKY/SWVA area wants to share this around, we are trying to fill some bellies and get some toys to kids in need.
Yesterday, over 25 folks gathered in the public library in Middlesboro, KY, to watch a documentary screening about the movement they’ve created showing support for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and its rangers while the new admin. tries to rip it apart. 🧵 1/4
November 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Yesterday, over 25 folks gathered in the public library in Middlesboro, KY, to watch a documentary screening about the movement they’ve created showing support for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and its rangers while the new admin. tries to rip it apart. 🧵 1/4
Have spent a couple cloudy, drizzly days bouncing around NC/SC practicing photography with my dad. One year post Helene, it still hurts to see remaining damage and compare with SWVA
September 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Have spent a couple cloudy, drizzly days bouncing around NC/SC practicing photography with my dad. One year post Helene, it still hurts to see remaining damage and compare with SWVA
Pieces of the monument to labor that was community-designed for a small park in downtown Pound, VA. Both artists working on the piece have deep ties to coal and these are just a few of the elements. Every detail, down to the book titles, came from local residents and is tied to a personal story.
September 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Pieces of the monument to labor that was community-designed for a small park in downtown Pound, VA. Both artists working on the piece have deep ties to coal and these are just a few of the elements. Every detail, down to the book titles, came from local residents and is tied to a personal story.
Scenes from an idyllic SWVA coalfield evening
September 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Scenes from an idyllic SWVA coalfield evening
Got to visit an AML site for work up near Clinchco in Dickenson County! Absolutely taken over with invasive autumn olive but full of wildlife and ready for a new reclamation journey
September 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Got to visit an AML site for work up near Clinchco in Dickenson County! Absolutely taken over with invasive autumn olive but full of wildlife and ready for a new reclamation journey
Ro Khanna is speaking in Pennington Gap at the 4th annual SWVA Democratic Rural Roundup! We have coffee and donuts and community
September 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ro Khanna is speaking in Pennington Gap at the 4th annual SWVA Democratic Rural Roundup! We have coffee and donuts and community
Flood relief day out in Dante (rhymes with paint). Once again, our holler communities highlight the need for more resources to help with culverts and driveways washed out by stormwater. VDOT says not them, FEMA says not them, the county doesn’t own them, and folks still can’t get to their homes
July 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Flood relief day out in Dante (rhymes with paint). Once again, our holler communities highlight the need for more resources to help with culverts and driveways washed out by stormwater. VDOT says not them, FEMA says not them, the county doesn’t own them, and folks still can’t get to their homes
Dante (pronounced Daint) VA flooded again Friday. Dante is surrounded by former mine lands and poorly reclaimed sites, with aging infrastructure, exacerbating the damage from flash floods. If you don’t know it, you should: Dante helped power and build America. We NEED FEMA for mitigation funds.
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Dante (pronounced Daint) VA flooded again Friday. Dante is surrounded by former mine lands and poorly reclaimed sites, with aging infrastructure, exacerbating the damage from flash floods. If you don’t know it, you should: Dante helped power and build America. We NEED FEMA for mitigation funds.
MIA: House Rep Morgan Griffith, who won’t even meet with constituents who travelled over 8 hours to DC. He was doing a photo op elsewhere at a hospital that heavily relied on Medicaid, which he just voted to slash.
July 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
MIA: House Rep Morgan Griffith, who won’t even meet with constituents who travelled over 8 hours to DC. He was doing a photo op elsewhere at a hospital that heavily relied on Medicaid, which he just voted to slash.
DC Day 1: We done brought up a group of mountain girlies from SWVA to talk to congressional staff about our awarded grants that have been cancelled. The funds include stuff for energy resiliency, disaster safety, recreation and econ. development, and flood mitigation. Rep. Griffith isn’t even here.
July 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
DC Day 1: We done brought up a group of mountain girlies from SWVA to talk to congressional staff about our awarded grants that have been cancelled. The funds include stuff for energy resiliency, disaster safety, recreation and econ. development, and flood mitigation. Rep. Griffith isn’t even here.
Fireworks weren’t quite sitting right today, all things considered, so Elvis and I decided to hit the woods and the chanterelles were popping!
July 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Fireworks weren’t quite sitting right today, all things considered, so Elvis and I decided to hit the woods and the chanterelles were popping!
Back at it for No Kings and Save Our Parks! The coalfields continue to show up and show out. A local clickbait radio station mentioned this protest and we got a big increase in death threats but so far ain’t no one showed up to yell at us.
June 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Back at it for No Kings and Save Our Parks! The coalfields continue to show up and show out. A local clickbait radio station mentioned this protest and we got a big increase in death threats but so far ain’t no one showed up to yell at us.
Always always good to get to the Outer Banks
May 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Always always good to get to the Outer Banks
10/10 recommend heading to the NC mountains to play Dungeons and Dragons for four days with friends
May 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
10/10 recommend heading to the NC mountains to play Dungeons and Dragons for four days with friends
We do love us our national parks down here in the coalfields!!
May 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We do love us our national parks down here in the coalfields!!
We do love us our national parks down here in the coalfields!!
May 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We do love us our national parks down here in the coalfields!!
Here’s my periodic pitch to support this documentary maker and retired career NPS ranger who is travelling the country to tell the story of the public servants protecting our lands during these attacks on our environment gofund.me/9aebd9e7
April 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here’s my periodic pitch to support this documentary maker and retired career NPS ranger who is travelling the country to tell the story of the public servants protecting our lands during these attacks on our environment gofund.me/9aebd9e7
Pretty proud of this one! Homemade strawberry cream sponge cake! Made the jam from scratch with fresh berries from Mann Farms- if you’re in SWVA, you know the power of Mann strawberries
April 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pretty proud of this one! Homemade strawberry cream sponge cake! Made the jam from scratch with fresh berries from Mann Farms- if you’re in SWVA, you know the power of Mann strawberries
No morels so far but lots of Appalachian greenery!
April 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
No morels so far but lots of Appalachian greenery!
The Tri-State area turning out in support of Cumberland Gap again!
April 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Tri-State area turning out in support of Cumberland Gap again!
Down here in the rural coalfields, we might not turn out the huge crowds (and the Dropkick Murphies) like in Boston but we had a good steady stream of local folks out at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park today
April 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Down here in the rural coalfields, we might not turn out the huge crowds (and the Dropkick Murphies) like in Boston but we had a good steady stream of local folks out at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park today