OVEC Celebrates 25 Years of Organized Voices and Empowered Communities!

 Cemetery Protection, Coal, Mountaintop Removal, News  No Responses »
Oct 302012
 

Wow! Happy 25th Birthday OVEC!   Who would have thought that OVEC would still be going strong considering our humble beginnings—a small committed group of people that stood up, spoke out and said “NO” to a major polluter? But here we all are, together celebrating a significant milestone in OVEC’s life— 25 years of hard-won [...]

Finally, Some Measure of Justice

 Cemetery Protection, Faith  No Responses »
Oct 232012
 

The first time I spoke with James Olbert, I was completely engaged by his story. He phoned me in my capacity with the West Virginia Council of Churches, wondering if there was anything we could do to help. A self-effacing, pleasant man, Mr. Olbert was obviously deeply distressed. His family cemetery had been purposely bulldozed [...]