Finding Higher Ground through art
Robert Gipe |
TEDxCorbin
• March 2019
Central Appalachia and much of rural America has been devastated by the opioid crisis, and writer Robert Gipe asks why this is the story that defines the region when there is so much more to tell. Higher Ground is a community theater company in Harlan County, Kentucky, that uses storytelling to show the basic humanity of addicts. In this riveting talk, Gipe holds pharmaceutical companies accountable for the havoc wrought by prescription drugs, by funding art, rehabs and community development in every county in America affected by the opioid crisis.