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Celebrating a Historic Moment in Disarmament: The Crucial Role of Activism and Collaboration
RICHMOND, Ky. – As of July 11, 2023, in an extraordinary stride towards a safer world, the last of the United States’ once-vast chemical...
Aug 11, 2023


LiKEN publishes report about heirs’ property in Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama
LiKEN has completed a study that evaluates the efficacy of a major law that seeks to protect families that own heirs’ property. Heirs’...
Nov 16, 2021


Social Innovation & User-Experience Design
Request for Proposal To develop popular education materials about pipeline safety Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN) is...
Nov 12, 2021

Bridging the Rural / Urban Divide — watch the recorded first session & enroll for next 3
Develop the skills you need for our changing world Masters of Applied Community Development Rural-Urban Divide Webinar Series View...
Jun 14, 2021


Job Announcement:
LiKEN & Martin County Concerned Citizens seek Community Engagement Coordinator Posted: June 4, 2021 Application deadline: June 25, 2021...
Jun 8, 2021
All Land is not Creating Equal:Unleashing Family and Community Wealth through Land Ownership
Learn more here #Heirs039PropertyProject
Jan 6, 2021

UPDATE: Sharing Successes in Forest Farming across Central Appalachia
A project of the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN) In May 2020, LiKEN initiated a project to develop educational materials...
Nov 27, 2020


“The Worst Problem you never heard of”: Heirs’ Property Ownership in Appalachia and the South
A project of the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN) Heirs’ property is created when land passes without a will to two or more...
Nov 24, 2020


Preventing the Preposterous: Kinder-Morgan Pipeline Unpurposed
By Craig Williams In February 2015, Kinder- Morgan, Inc., one of the nation’s largest energy infrastructure companies, proposed the...
Oct 30, 2019


“Stories of Place Project: Martin County, Kentucky leads the Way”
By Mary Hufford, Director of Stories of Place The Stories of Place, Martin County team, photographed during a field trip to Appalshop in...
Oct 28, 2019

Central Appalachian Folk and Traditional Arts Spring Summit
CAFTA advisors, field team members, and LiKENeers assembled for a group photo on a windy day, closing out the first of three Summits at...
Jul 30, 2019


Energy Transitions & the First West: The Complex Histories of Appalachia’s Emerging Futures.
On May 1, 2019 LiKEN’s Executive Director, Betsy Taylor was invited to speak at the National Academy of Sciences. The forum was...
Jun 1, 2019
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