Healing A Community: A Conversation With Rev. Leah Daughtry of Reconnecting McDowell

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Healing A Community: A Conversation With Rev. Leah Daughtry of Reconnecting McDowell

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Jan 22, 2020

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Podcast co-hosts Julie and Tim talk to with Rev. Leah Daughtry, CEO of "On These Things," about Reconnecting McDowell, a project of the American Federation of Teachers that takes a holistic approach to revitalizing the education and community of McDowell, West Virginia, and how her faith informs her activism.

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Jan 22, 2020

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