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Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 13, 2015
Wear Blue for Our Water: State of State Address
As part of January: A Month of Water, assorted citizen groups are encouraging people to attend the governor's State of the State Address on Wednesday, January 14. The speech, which comes on the first day of the West Virginia Legislative Session, begins at 7 p.m. in the House Chamber at the WV State Capitol. There's an upstairs gallery for members of the public. Show up, wear blue. Everyone who can make it is encouraged to attend to put the governor and legislators on notice that we expect clean, safe water to be a priority for this legislative session! More
Issues: Clean elections, MCHM, Water, WV American Water
Wear Blue for Our Water: State of State Address
As part of January: A Month of Water, assorted citizen groups are encouraging people to attend the governor's State of the State Address on Wednesday, January 14. The speech, which comes on the first day of the West Virginia Legislative Session, begins at 7 p.m. in the House Chamber at the WV State Capitol. There's an upstairs gallery for members of the public. Show up, wear blue. Everyone who can make it is encouraged to attend to put the governor and legislators on notice that we expect clean, safe water to be a priority for this legislative session! More
Issues: Clean elections, MCHM, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 13, 2015
Climate Education: Come to WV Board of Education Meeting
Let WV Board of Education know: "West Virginia kids deserve to learn the scientific facts about climate change as part of a 21st-century science education. Please correct all inaccurate and misleading information about climate change in new science standards for K-12 students in West Virginia. Replace altered climate content with the original peer-reviewed climate science standards written by scientists and science educators." More
Issues: Climate change
Climate Education: Come to WV Board of Education Meeting
Let WV Board of Education know: "West Virginia kids deserve to learn the scientific facts about climate change as part of a 21st-century science education. Please correct all inaccurate and misleading information about climate change in new science standards for K-12 students in West Virginia. Replace altered climate content with the original peer-reviewed climate science standards written by scientists and science educators." More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 13, 2015
Legislative Advocacy Training Friday in Huntington
Do you know how to speak with your elected officials? Do you want to become a citizen advocate? OVEC is partnering with WVFREE, WV-CAG and other groups to offer you this free training. The training will help you become more involved in the legislative process and learn how to be an effective advocate for the issues important to your community. Join us this Friday. More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice
Legislative Advocacy Training Friday in Huntington
Do you know how to speak with your elected officials? Do you want to become a citizen advocate? OVEC is partnering with WVFREE, WV-CAG and other groups to offer you this free training. The training will help you become more involved in the legislative process and learn how to be an effective advocate for the issues important to your community. Join us this Friday. More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 13, 2015
Morgantown Adovcacy Training Tonight
Come understand the legislative process, get tips on speaking with elected officials, and learn about progressive organizations and issues in WV! More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice
Morgantown Adovcacy Training Tonight
Come understand the legislative process, get tips on speaking with elected officials, and learn about progressive organizations and issues in WV! More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 12, 2015
Vigil for the Water One Year Later
As we gather here this evening of January 9, 2015, we celebrate that we survived the challenges from last year's poisoning of our water system, and the attack on our health and well-being, and the damage to the small businesses we depend on. It was a time that could have fractured our social fabric and pitted us against one another. However, we joined hands, and what a difference we have made! More
Issues: Faith, Water
Vigil for the Water One Year Later
As we gather here this evening of January 9, 2015, we celebrate that we survived the challenges from last year's poisoning of our water system, and the attack on our health and well-being, and the damage to the small businesses we depend on. It was a time that could have fractured our social fabric and pitted us against one another. However, we joined hands, and what a difference we have made! More
Issues: Faith, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 8, 2015
Rebecca Roth on Water Crisis Anniversary
I spent too much time last year being afraid. When my son Sid was born in August, I was relieved to count 10 fingers and 10 toes, but not all signs of health are so easy to see. It will be years before our family knows, for example, if the reproductive health of either of our kids has suffered at all because of the chemical spill. Water is the most important resource we have and it is essential to our children’s health. We’ve put down roots in our community but they need water. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, Water
Rebecca Roth on Water Crisis Anniversary
I spent too much time last year being afraid. When my son Sid was born in August, I was relieved to count 10 fingers and 10 toes, but not all signs of health are so easy to see. It will be years before our family knows, for example, if the reproductive health of either of our kids has suffered at all because of the chemical spill. Water is the most important resource we have and it is essential to our children’s health. We’ve put down roots in our community but they need water. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, Water
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jan 7, 2015
Janet Keating: Intro to Tele-Press Conference on Water Crisis Anniversary
Citizen groups, many who currently participate in the West Virginia Safe Water Roundtable, including OVEC, still have concerns about the long-term safety of our water supply. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, Pollution, Water, WV American Water
Janet Keating: Intro to Tele-Press Conference on Water Crisis Anniversary
Citizen groups, many who currently participate in the West Virginia Safe Water Roundtable, including OVEC, still have concerns about the long-term safety of our water supply. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, Pollution, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 7, 2015
Cathy Kunkel on Water Crisis Anniversary
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the water crisis it is that public pressure can help protect our water. Advocates for a Safe Water System is going to keep pushing for changes from the water company because its clear that the company is not going to make the necessary changes on its own. Keep up the pressure: Come out in January! More
Issues: MCHM, Water, WV American Water
Cathy Kunkel on Water Crisis Anniversary
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the water crisis it is that public pressure can help protect our water. Advocates for a Safe Water System is going to keep pushing for changes from the water company because its clear that the company is not going to make the necessary changes on its own. Keep up the pressure: Come out in January! More
Issues: MCHM, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers Vandalia Collective Jan 5, 2015
Volunteers Needed: Puppets and the Water Crisis Anniversary
Join the Vandalia Collective - puppets in the street to tell the story of the Elk River chemical spill disaster and the chronic abuse of the land inflicted here and everywhere. We will be at the State Capitol and downtown Charleston on January 9 at 2 p.m. and joining other organizations during the Governor’s state of the state address on January 14, and again on January 17 for a massive day of legislature action. Pick up a puppet, a mask, a costume, or an instrument. Help us send a message to the legislators, the passive, the rich, the exploiters, and the chemical and coal barons of our state and elsewhere that we are tired of their abuse and misuse! More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Volunteers Needed: Puppets and the Water Crisis Anniversary
Join the Vandalia Collective - puppets in the street to tell the story of the Elk River chemical spill disaster and the chronic abuse of the land inflicted here and everywhere. We will be at the State Capitol and downtown Charleston on January 9 at 2 p.m. and joining other organizations during the Governor’s state of the state address on January 14, and again on January 17 for a massive day of legislature action. Pick up a puppet, a mask, a costume, or an instrument. Help us send a message to the legislators, the passive, the rich, the exploiters, and the chemical and coal barons of our state and elsewhere that we are tired of their abuse and misuse! More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Hoots and Hollers don_alejandro Dec 9, 2014
Mountaintop Removal Music: Memory of a Mountain
OVEC recently received a forwarded copy of the following email about a new MTR song, Memory of a Mountain, which was written to help draw attention to the devastation of mountaintop removal. It's well worth a listen. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Music
Mountaintop Removal Music: Memory of a Mountain
OVEC recently received a forwarded copy of the following email about a new MTR song, Memory of a Mountain, which was written to help draw attention to the devastation of mountaintop removal. It's well worth a listen. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Music
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Dec 1, 2014
Grassroots Report on Mountaintop Removal Reveals Gaps in Obama Administration’s Promises
The grassroots coalition The Alliance for Appalachia (of which OVEC is a member group) is releasing a Grassroots Progress Report that assesses the work the Obama administration has done (or not) in our region. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Social justice, Water
Grassroots Report on Mountaintop Removal Reveals Gaps in Obama Administration’s Promises
The grassroots coalition The Alliance for Appalachia (of which OVEC is a member group) is releasing a Grassroots Progress Report that assesses the work the Obama administration has done (or not) in our region. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 13, 2014
SOS! National Day of Action to Save Our Southern Forests
Today’s biggest threat to Southern forests is the growing biomass industry. The wood pellet industry is expanding at a rate that is impossible for Southern forests to sustain. Our beautiful forests are being clear-cut, processed into pellets and then shipped to Europe to be burned for electricity. More
Issues: Renewable energy, Social justice
SOS! National Day of Action to Save Our Southern Forests
Today’s biggest threat to Southern forests is the growing biomass industry. The wood pellet industry is expanding at a rate that is impossible for Southern forests to sustain. Our beautiful forests are being clear-cut, processed into pellets and then shipped to Europe to be burned for electricity. More
Issues: Renewable energy, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 12, 2014
Synopsis: Appalachian Mountaintop Mining Particulate Matter Induces Neoplastic Transformation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Promotes Tumor Formation
Synopsis: Appalachian Mountaintop Mining Particulate Matter Induces Neoplastic Transformation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Promotes Tumor Formation More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal
Synopsis: Appalachian Mountaintop Mining Particulate Matter Induces Neoplastic Transformation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Promotes Tumor Formation
Synopsis: Appalachian Mountaintop Mining Particulate Matter Induces Neoplastic Transformation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Promotes Tumor Formation More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 10, 2014
Starting Tonight in Charleston and Live-Streamed: Summit on Race Matters in Appalachia
The Summit on Race Matters in Appalachia starts tonight in Charleston, WV and continues tomorrow. If you can’t make it in person, you can tune into live streaming — details here. Also, follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #RaceMattersWV. More
Issues: Racial inequality
Starting Tonight in Charleston and Live-Streamed: Summit on Race Matters in Appalachia
The Summit on Race Matters in Appalachia starts tonight in Charleston, WV and continues tomorrow. If you can’t make it in person, you can tune into live streaming — details here. Also, follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #RaceMattersWV. More
Issues: Racial inequality
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Nov 9, 2014
OVEC Fire Sale! Hot! Hot! Hot!
OVEC is having a fire sale. Seriously. It’s a guitar sale that resulted from an unfortunate house fire. Thankfully the homeowners escaped injury, but most of their possessions did not—except for some beautiful handmade guitars. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale
OVEC Fire Sale! Hot! Hot! Hot!
OVEC is having a fire sale. Seriously. It’s a guitar sale that resulted from an unfortunate house fire. Thankfully the homeowners escaped injury, but most of their possessions did not—except for some beautiful handmade guitars. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 7, 2014
Buy Shannon Bell’s Award Winning Book, Support OVEC
Congratulations to long-time OVEC member Shannon Bell and all the warrior women in her book Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed: Appalachian Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice. The book continues to rack up awards, the latest of which is 2014 Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS) Book Award. The AHS is a professional organization committed to “using sociology to promote peace, equality, and social justice." More
Issues: Cemetery protection, Coal, Health
Buy Shannon Bell’s Award Winning Book, Support OVEC
Congratulations to long-time OVEC member Shannon Bell and all the warrior women in her book Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed: Appalachian Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice. The book continues to rack up awards, the latest of which is 2014 Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS) Book Award. The AHS is a professional organization committed to “using sociology to promote peace, equality, and social justice." More
Issues: Cemetery protection, Coal, Health
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 6, 2014
Who’s Happy Now? Don’t Mourn, Organize
A story in news headline-links: Unofficial Voter Turnout In WV Tuesday Estimated At 37.3 Percent Nationwide, Actual election turnout far lower than reported (Too late this time, but: 5 Ways Life in America Would Be Better if Everyone Voted) Why Democrats lost More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Health, Social justice
Who’s Happy Now? Don’t Mourn, Organize
A story in news headline-links: Unofficial Voter Turnout In WV Tuesday Estimated At 37.3 Percent Nationwide, Actual election turnout far lower than reported (Too late this time, but: 5 Ways Life in America Would Be Better if Everyone Voted) Why Democrats lost More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Health, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 3, 2014
Vote! No, Really! #changethecurrent
If you haven't voted yet, then be sure to get out and vote tomorrow.Vote! Change the Current If you don't know candidates feel on issues that matter to you, then see if VoteEasy can help you out. If you are a student, then get out and vote. If you are a woman, then get out and vote. If you are any other version of a human, then give a s*!t and get out and vote. If you care about climate change, then get out and vote. More
Vote! No, Really! #changethecurrent
If you haven't voted yet, then be sure to get out and vote tomorrow.Vote! Change the Current If you don't know candidates feel on issues that matter to you, then see if VoteEasy can help you out. If you are a student, then get out and vote. If you are a woman, then get out and vote. If you are any other version of a human, then give a s*!t and get out and vote. If you care about climate change, then get out and vote. More
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Oct 30, 2014
Debunking the Misleading Claims of the Oil and Gas Industry
Debunking the misleading claims of the oil and gas industry Dr. Randi Pokladnik and her husband Joel are long-time OVEC members. Randi is from eastern Ohio and has lived for 59 years in the strip-mined coal counties of Jefferson and Harrison. Unfortunately, deep shale gas fracking activities have become the latest way to destroy these beautiful areas. More
Issues: Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal
Debunking the Misleading Claims of the Oil and Gas Industry
Debunking the misleading claims of the oil and gas industry Dr. Randi Pokladnik and her husband Joel are long-time OVEC members. Randi is from eastern Ohio and has lived for 59 years in the strip-mined coal counties of Jefferson and Harrison. Unfortunately, deep shale gas fracking activities have become the latest way to destroy these beautiful areas. More
Issues: Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Oct 30, 2014
Need Clean Water? Vote! #changethecurrent
FB-CoverPhoto41 West Virginia’s major water sources, like the Kanawha River, have had the highest rate of reproductive toxins that can lead to birth defects and reproductive disorders in the country. That’s just one reason why OVEC has partnered with WV FREE and other groups for the #changethecurrent campaign. Without adequate safe water regulations and requirements, West Virginia’s most valuable resource – families and children – are at risk of exposure. More
Issues: Coal, Energy efficiency, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Need Clean Water? Vote! #changethecurrent
FB-CoverPhoto41 West Virginia’s major water sources, like the Kanawha River, have had the highest rate of reproductive toxins that can lead to birth defects and reproductive disorders in the country. That’s just one reason why OVEC has partnered with WV FREE and other groups for the #changethecurrent campaign. Without adequate safe water regulations and requirements, West Virginia’s most valuable resource – families and children – are at risk of exposure. More
Issues: Coal, Energy efficiency, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Social justice