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Judy Bonds: American Hero

The great folks at Coal Country have done this beautiful tribute for our friend Judy Bonds. Besides being an incredible family member and friend, Judy is a winner of the prestigious Goldman prize for environmental organizing, and is someone I list as my own inspiration to join the fight to end mountaintop removal.

Judy is currently in the hospital fighting stage III cancer. Please keep Judy and her family in your thoughts and prayers. And, in her words, “fight harder!”

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.


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