When Mountains Move: Remembering Judy Bonds
Republished from the pages of National Geographic magazine Written by John G. Mitchell March 2006 Coal brought people to Marfork hollow in the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia. And it was coal, or rather a different way of mining it, that finally drove the people away. The last to leave was Judy Bonds. A … Read more
Judy Bonds Memorial – A moment of silence
Human rights activists and environmentalists in Appalachia will observe a moment of silence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday, August 27, 2011 to commemorate the birth and brilliant life of Julia “Judy” Bonds. They are calling on all activists to join this remembrance. Judy, who died in January of this year, would have been 59 … Read more
Remembering Judy Bonds, “her kind” still called “cronies”
Julia “Judy” Bonds (August 27, 1952 – January 3, 2011) was an organizer and activist from the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, United States. Raised in a family of coalminers, she worked from an early age at minimum wage jobs. Bonds was the director of Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW). She has been called “the … Read more
Remembering Judy Bonds, a Voice Against Mountaintop Removal
Article by Peter Slavin Country Blue Ridge LINK HERE
