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[dramatic music] When you've had a lot of opportunity taken out of your community, you just feel incredibly powerless.

You're not sure where to start, and you also don't have the energy to figure out how do you impact something like an economy.

Often what we really need is a new imagination.

How do we create opportunities that can root wealth and overturn these cycles of generational poverty in our communities? I'm Molly Hemstreet.

I'm the co-founder and co-executive director of The Industrial Commons, and I work to bring opportunity to rural communities across Southern Appalachia.

Appalachia, for me, is a really beautiful place, and it is where I call home.

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