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Sign Up Today For Dismantling Racism Workshop
Change the FACE of West Virginia Politics
Volunteers Needed for October 23 OVEC Fundraiser
September 18: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please join the Commission on Religion in Appalachia for "The Race to Dismantle Racism." The Huntington Cabell branch of the NAACP and OVEC are co-sponsors of this free workshop, to be held at Futures Unlimited, Inc., 1650 8th Ave., Huntington. Light refreshments will be served. Pre-registration is not required, but is very helpful in our planning. If you plan to attend, please e-mail OVEC's co-director, Janet Fout at ohvec@ezwv.com.
American society is not, and never has been, blind or neutral when it comes to racial identity. As we have built our institutions--our churches, our government, our businesses, our community organizations--many of those forms of bias and discrimination get built right in. Help make change! Awareness is the beginning of change.
Help Citizens
for Clean Elections Change the FACE of West Virginia Politics
September 20: Note time and location change! If
you support the establishment of Fair and Clean Elections in West
Virginia, then please come to a 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept.
20 press conference, at the Statehouse Capitol Circle (the courtyard
with the fountain; inside the rotunda in case of rain). Join
the Citizens for Clean Elections as we kickoff a new campaign urging
legislators to support Fair and Clean Elections (FACE) in West Virginia.
It's time to chance the FACE of West Virginia politics! Citizens for
Clean Elections is also looking for at least one person in each
county to help coordinate the post card campaign to urge legislators to
support publicly financed elections in West Virginia. If you would
like to help with this effort e-mail contact Citizens for Clean
Elections, coordinator Janet Fout at ohvec@ezwv.com.
Volunteers
Needed for October 23 OVEC Fundraiser
From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23, OVEC
will present Walkin'
Jim Stoltz. Jim has walked over 24,000 miles, exploring America's
wilderness. His presentations--including original songs--on his travels
have been acclaimed by audiences nationwide. Click here to hear samples
of Jim's music. The show costs $10 and is at at the South Charleston
Museum's La Belle Theater, 311 D Street, South Charleston, WV.
The event is a fundraiser OVEC, and we need many volunteers to make the
evenings successful. We need folks to help sell tickets
and to put up posters in Charleston, South Charleston and Huntington. If
you can't attend, please purchase tickets so that other low-income folks
can attend! We'll need people to help unload and load
Jim's equipment, ticket takers, and folks to person tables at the event.
Call the office at 304-522-0246 to volunteer, or e-mail vivian@ohvec.org for info on how you
can help, or how to purchase tickets. The LaBelle Theatre holds 300
people. Please help us fill the theatre!
More Events:
Have Fun, Learn More
September 23: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Cabin Creek Photovoice
Exhibit (refreshments served) at the Sharon Church of God at Dry Branch
(directions below). For the past year, fifteen women from Cabin Creek,
W. Va., ranging in age from 14 to 69, have taken pictures and written
reflections about life in Cabin Creek. Please join us for a reception
and viewing of their "photostories" to learn of Cabin Creek's
strengths, challenges, and these women's ideas for change. For
additional information, please contact Shannon Bell at 304-734-2040,
ext. 104. This project was funded by Canaan Valley Institute and The
Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation. Directions online, at the OVEC calendar page.
September 24: Sierra Club presents the West
Virginia premiere of Kilowatt Ours at the South Charleston Museum's La Belle
Theater, 311 D Street South Charleston, WV. Time to be
announced--please check OVEC calendar
page for the time and directions to the theatre. Kilowatt Ours
tells the stories of the victims of our nation's huge energy
appetite--West Virginians, Appalachians, infants whose mothers are full
of mercury, children with asthma, and untold future generations who face
the effects of global warming and nuclear waste. But Kilowatt Ours makes
you laugh and gives you the tools you need to begin making positive
changes for the future! This event is co-sponsored by Friends of the
Mountains member groups, including OVEC and Coal River Mountain Watch.
September 30: "Voices for Justice" featuring
Holly Near and local musicians. 6:00 p.m. reception with Holly;
7:00-8:30 p.m. concert at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 900
Washington Street East , Charleston, W. Va. Suggested Donation: $10 in
advance; $5 students/low income; $12 at the door. Sponsored by a
coalition of groups and individuals working for social justice,
including WV-CAG. Tickets are available by contacting Linda at WV-CAG,
346-5891 and linda@wvcag.org. Also
on sale at Taylor Books. It will be a great night. For those who
don't know who Holly Near is, her website is www.hollynear.com. She's really
incredible
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