>>eporter: riana elyse anderson from the university of michigan, thank you very much. >> thank you. >w we hear from brandon dennison, a sixth- generation west virginian who is on a mission to revitalize appalachia. his community-based non-profit, coalfield development, has trained over 1,200 people facing barriers to employment, helping with education and personal development. dennison gives his "brief but spectacular" take on rebuilding the appalachian economy, and making it sustainable in the process. >> i think appalachia holds a special place in, sort of, the hearts and minds of many americans. we're in touch with our landscape. we live modestly. we live within our means. and, we try to take care of one another. a lot of times, maybe, folks think of appalachia culture as backwards, but in many ways, i think we have a lot of the skills and assets and attributes that are going to be needed to thrive in a complex modern, climate change-challenged world. >> i grew up in oana, west virginia. it's not-- not technically incorporated as a town, but it is a place on a map. the burden of--