The following information concerning state-wide and area news, events, and activities is updated at the beginning of each calendar month. Please check with the originating organization to check on possible cancellations or changes that might have occurred since they were originally posted here. See Local News for non-CCSJ events and activities organized and/or occurring in the Morgantown area. See WVU News for Social and Environmental Justice related activties and events organized or occurring at West Virginia University.
West Virginia NOW has a Facebook page and a web page. Or email Amanda Ray at amandajray@yahoo.com.
See more about ACLU West Virginia here or Facebook. Email them at mail@acluwv.org.
ACLU-WV Bus to Washington, D.C. - Skrmetti SCOTUS Case "We're headed to D.C. to rally for gender affirming care and we want you to join us!
On December 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Skrmetti case. Samantha and Brian Williams of Nashville, TN and their 15-year-old transgender daughter are challenging a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18. Tennessee is home to over 3,000 transgender adolescents and the health care banned by this law is supported by the entire mainstream of the medical community.
Join some fellow West Virginians on the bus to D.C. on December 4 and make your voice heard. The bus will pick up passengers in Charleston (approx. 1:30 am) Morgantown (approx. 4:30 am) and Martinsburg (approx. 7:30 am) and driving into D.C. for the rally. The bus will depart D.C. at 3 pm and make stops in the same locations (Martinsburg approx. 5 pm, Morgantown approx. 7 pm, Charleston approx. 10 pm). If you would like to meet the West Virginia group in Washington, D.C. please complete the form and select 'meet the group in D.C.' where applicable so we can stay in touch and connect in D.C. *The bus is ADA accessible.
The ACLU-WV Facebook page has information on how to register to reserve a seat on the bus. The second comment to their November 21 post gives information about this. One way is to complete a form.
Fairness West Virginia is a civil rights advocacy organtization dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender West Virginians.
In mid-November, “members of the Wardensville Town Council voted unanimously to adopt our local fairness law, an ordinance that protects its residents from anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in employment, housing and public spaces. “Wardensville became the 20th community in West Virginia to adopt a local fairness law, and it is the first community in Hardy County to do so. According to Census data from 2020, less than 300 people live in the town.”
Fairness West Virginia has a calendar of state-wide PRIDE events here.
Follow Fairness West Virginia on Facebook.
The WVTC is a grassroots organization that works to ensure the wellbeing, safety and lived equity of all trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive community members within the state of West Virginia.”
For more information, please go their Facebook page.
For more information about this group's events go to Facebook or their website."
"SAVE THE DATE for Charleston’s hottest New Year’s Eve celebration — Rainbow Pride’s Inaugural Glitter Ball! This isn’t just a party; it’s THE party.
When: December 31, 2024
Where: Element EDGE on Charleston’s West Side
Mark your calendars. Details and tickets coming soon.
This group organized in December 2021 in Charleston “to illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ+ people of color in West Virginia and provide them with a safe space of fellowship,” according to a story in the Juneteenth edition of Black By God: The West Virginian. For more information, email WVBPfoundation@outlook.com or Kasha@wvpfoundation.com.
According to its website, “We are an emerging news and storytelling organization centering Black voices from the Mountain State. We provide a more nuanced portrayal of the Black experience in the Appalachian region.” Crystal Good is the editor/publisher/founder of Black By God.
There is a weekly online edition and a quarterly print edition.
To contact Black by God, email Info@Blackbygod.org or call 304-207-0352. The mailing address is 2156 University Ave. Suite 400, Morgantown, WV, 26505. To make a tax-deductible donation, go to blackbygod.org/donate.