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Ron Eller's Response to ‘A Hidden America’ at Union College: Video

 

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Dr. Ron Eller, one of the experts on Appalachia interviewed by 20/20 for “A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains,” spoke at Union College in Barbourville on Wednesday, March 4 at noon.

Eller has long been in demand as a speaker on Appalachian issues at colleges, conferences and community forums throughout the nation, and serves as a frequent consultant to civic and governmental organizations and the national media.  He has served as chairman of the Governor’s Kentucky Appalachian Task Force, founding chairman of the Kentucky Appalachian Commission, and as the John Whisman Scholar for the Appalachian Regional Commission.