Tag: Social justice
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Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Apr 6, 2016
Double Your Impact: Donate for Our Challenge Grant
For each and every donation that we receive between now and June 1, OVEC will receive a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $20,000! In other words, to be eligible for this $20,000 gift, we must raise $20,000. Please donate here. More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Renewable energy, Social justice
Double Your Impact: Donate for Our Challenge Grant
For each and every donation that we receive between now and June 1, OVEC will receive a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $20,000! In other words, to be eligible for this $20,000 gift, we must raise $20,000. Please donate here. More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Renewable energy, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Mar 30, 2016
Consultant Sought for Energy and Natural Resources Working Group of AFN
The newly established Energy and Natural Resources Working Group (ENRWG) of the Appalachia Funders Network (AFN) seeks a consultant to enable successful collaboration among the member organizations by providing leadership, content expertise, and facilitation in support of our shared vision. The consultant will have access to administrative support to schedule calls, take notes during calls, […] More
Issues: Coal, Renewable energy, Social justice, Transition economy
Consultant Sought for Energy and Natural Resources Working Group of AFN
The newly established Energy and Natural Resources Working Group (ENRWG) of the Appalachia Funders Network (AFN) seeks a consultant to enable successful collaboration among the member organizations by providing leadership, content expertise, and facilitation in support of our shared vision. The consultant will have access to administrative support to schedule calls, take notes during calls, […] More
Issues: Coal, Renewable energy, Social justice, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 21, 2016
Hurrah for Liberals
This book shows how liberals struggled, sometimes for centuries, to overcome conservatives and improve life for humanity. More
Issues: Social justice
Hurrah for Liberals
This book shows how liberals struggled, sometimes for centuries, to overcome conservatives and improve life for humanity. More
Issues: Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 9, 2016
Huntington’s Sustainability Fair Seeking Volunteers, Participants
News: Second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair looking for volunteers and vendors News: Sustainability Fair to feature workshops on energy, food Save the date and plan to join us on Saturday, May 21 for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Old Central City. Activities will unfold in and around […] More
Issues: Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy
Huntington’s Sustainability Fair Seeking Volunteers, Participants
News: Second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair looking for volunteers and vendors News: Sustainability Fair to feature workshops on energy, food Save the date and plan to join us on Saturday, May 21 for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Old Central City. Activities will unfold in and around […] More
Issues: Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 9, 2016
Good News for Appalachian Youth: STAY Project Growing
The first STAY Project Coordinator is Kendall Bilbrey, a 24-year-old Southwest Virginia native and long-time STAY member. More
Issues: Social justice
Good News for Appalachian Youth: STAY Project Growing
The first STAY Project Coordinator is Kendall Bilbrey, a 24-year-old Southwest Virginia native and long-time STAY member. More
Issues: Social justice
Action Alert Vivian Mar 6, 2016
March Madness: Come Out, Speak Up
Much to do in March! Comment on frack waste barging, compressor stations. Come out for democracy, safe water and have fun at the same time. More
Issues: Fracking, Social justice, Water
March Madness: Come Out, Speak Up
Much to do in March! Comment on frack waste barging, compressor stations. Come out for democracy, safe water and have fun at the same time. More
Issues: Fracking, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 4, 2016
Open Letter to Honduran President On the Murder of Berta Cáceres
Global Witness drafted a letter to President Hernández of Honduras, asking for an immediate and thorough investigation and guaranteed protection for the family and colleagues of Berta Cáceres. More than 50 organizations have signed on to the letter. More
Issues: Social justice
Open Letter to Honduran President On the Murder of Berta Cáceres
Global Witness drafted a letter to President Hernández of Honduras, asking for an immediate and thorough investigation and guaranteed protection for the family and colleagues of Berta Cáceres. More than 50 organizations have signed on to the letter. More
Issues: Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 28, 2016
March 8: Real Solutions Rendezvous for Our Water
WVAW is not accountable to our community. On Tuesday March 8, join us at Starlings for a REAL SOLUTIONS Rendezvous! More
Issues: Social justice, WV American Water
March 8: Real Solutions Rendezvous for Our Water
WVAW is not accountable to our community. On Tuesday March 8, join us at Starlings for a REAL SOLUTIONS Rendezvous! More
Issues: Social justice, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 28, 2016
Outraged? March 12 Come Tell Legislators You Will #RememberInNovember
Outraged at what's going on in the 2106 WV State Legislature? Come out at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 at the WV State Capitol. Come tell legislators you will #RememberInNovember. More
Issues: Social justice
Outraged? March 12 Come Tell Legislators You Will #RememberInNovember
Outraged at what's going on in the 2106 WV State Legislature? Come out at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 at the WV State Capitol. Come tell legislators you will #RememberInNovember. More
Issues: Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 10, 2016
Obi Henderson’s Comments at WV / Flint Solidarity Press Conference
Read here for the comments Obi Henderson delivered during the nearly 40-group Citizen Groups Unite for Water Justice press conference held February 9 at the WV State Capitol. Obi is CEO of Dreams Community Development Corporation and was one of the 300,000 West Virginians impacted by the January, 2014 #wvwatercrisis. More
Issues: Health, Pollution, Social justice, Water, WV American Water
Obi Henderson’s Comments at WV / Flint Solidarity Press Conference
Read here for the comments Obi Henderson delivered during the nearly 40-group Citizen Groups Unite for Water Justice press conference held February 9 at the WV State Capitol. Obi is CEO of Dreams Community Development Corporation and was one of the 300,000 West Virginians impacted by the January, 2014 #wvwatercrisis. More
Issues: Health, Pollution, Social justice, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 10, 2016
Webinar: Flint, Environmental Racism, and the Black Church’s Environmental Heritage
The Green Faith webinar, featuring Dr. Melanie Harris, is set for 8 - 9 p.m. (Eastern) on February 18 and is titled "Flint, Environmental Racism, and the Black Church’s Environmental Heritage." Register today for this webinar – and please share this invitation with friends and colleagues. Register even if you can’t attend, and Green Faith will send you the recording link. More
Issues: Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice, Water
Webinar: Flint, Environmental Racism, and the Black Church’s Environmental Heritage
The Green Faith webinar, featuring Dr. Melanie Harris, is set for 8 - 9 p.m. (Eastern) on February 18 and is titled "Flint, Environmental Racism, and the Black Church’s Environmental Heritage." Register today for this webinar – and please share this invitation with friends and colleagues. Register even if you can’t attend, and Green Faith will send you the recording link. More
Issues: Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice, Water
Press Release OVEC Feb 9, 2016
38 WV Citizen Groups Reach Out To Flint: “We Are With You”
Joint Letter Notes Similar Underlying Problems and Government Inattention to Infrastructure; WV Groups Also Warn of Ongoing Effort in WV Legislature to Water Down Post-Crisis Reforms More
Issues: Social justice, Water
38 WV Citizen Groups Reach Out To Flint: “We Are With You”
Joint Letter Notes Similar Underlying Problems and Government Inattention to Infrastructure; WV Groups Also Warn of Ongoing Effort in WV Legislature to Water Down Post-Crisis Reforms More
Issues: Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 9, 2016
WV to Flint: We Are With You
Feb. 12 update: 41 groups signed on! Wow! Nearly 40 West Virginia groups have signed on to a letter in solidarity with the people of Flint Michigan. Here’s a copy of the letter. Clean water for all! We know there are more WV groups out there that would have signed on if we’d had time to […] More
Issues: Social justice, Water
WV to Flint: We Are With You
Feb. 12 update: 41 groups signed on! Wow! Nearly 40 West Virginia groups have signed on to a letter in solidarity with the people of Flint Michigan. Here’s a copy of the letter. Clean water for all! We know there are more WV groups out there that would have signed on if we’d had time to […] More
Issues: Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 8, 2016
Call Now! SB 508 Takes Away Citizens’ Right to Sue Over Drilling Impacts
SB 508 undermines the law hundreds of West Virginians have used to file suit against the oil and gas companies whose activities have negatively affected their quality and way of life, making it virtually impossible for other affected residents to bring similar suits in the future. Bringing this type of legal action is the only recourse many people have. We can't let the Legislature take this right away. Please contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and your Senators and tell them to oppose SB 508 and preserve our right to bring nuisance suits. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Social justice
Call Now! SB 508 Takes Away Citizens’ Right to Sue Over Drilling Impacts
SB 508 undermines the law hundreds of West Virginians have used to file suit against the oil and gas companies whose activities have negatively affected their quality and way of life, making it virtually impossible for other affected residents to bring similar suits in the future. Bringing this type of legal action is the only recourse many people have. We can't let the Legislature take this right away. Please contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and your Senators and tell them to oppose SB 508 and preserve our right to bring nuisance suits. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Social justice
Press Release OVEC Feb 8, 2016
Media Advisory: Tuesday Press Conf @ State Capitol: Citizen Groups Unite for Water Justice
Press Conference: Citizen Groups Unite for Water Justice: Citizens Demanding Government Accountability for Protection of Safe Drinking Water; 37 Groups Release Solidarity Letter from West Virginians to the citizens of Flint, Michigan More
Issues: Social justice, Water
Media Advisory: Tuesday Press Conf @ State Capitol: Citizen Groups Unite for Water Justice
Press Conference: Citizen Groups Unite for Water Justice: Citizens Demanding Government Accountability for Protection of Safe Drinking Water; 37 Groups Release Solidarity Letter from West Virginians to the citizens of Flint, Michigan More
Issues: Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 5, 2016
Trap Hill Public Comment Period Open Until February 8
A message from Friends of Water: Friends, within 48 hours of the toxic injection well waste ban passing in Fayette County, a public comment period opened for a permit renewal on a Trap Hill/ Raleigh County toxic waste dump. Fayette County passed the ban based on both high levels of radioactive radium 226 and radium […] More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Social justice
Trap Hill Public Comment Period Open Until February 8
A message from Friends of Water: Friends, within 48 hours of the toxic injection well waste ban passing in Fayette County, a public comment period opened for a permit renewal on a Trap Hill/ Raleigh County toxic waste dump. Fayette County passed the ban based on both high levels of radioactive radium 226 and radium […] More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Robin Blakeman Feb 4, 2016
Prayer for West Virginia and Her People
We pray that people—especially those who are most in need—would be placed as a higher priority than profit. We pray for creative alternatives to the status quo. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Prayer for West Virginia and Her People
We pray that people—especially those who are most in need—would be placed as a higher priority than profit. We pray for creative alternatives to the status quo. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 29, 2016
Freedom Execs Sentenced Next Week: Show Up
Remember the #wvwatercrisis #wvchemleak! The entry below is from an e-mail Maya Nye sent to the WV Water Roundtable list-serv. Sentencing for the Freedom Industries executives who plead guilty commence on Monday, February 1. Here are 3 things you can do to encourage justice in this case: Show up! Show the judge that victims still care. (Court the dates […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, Social justice, WV American Water
Freedom Execs Sentenced Next Week: Show Up
Remember the #wvwatercrisis #wvchemleak! The entry below is from an e-mail Maya Nye sent to the WV Water Roundtable list-serv. Sentencing for the Freedom Industries executives who plead guilty commence on Monday, February 1. Here are 3 things you can do to encourage justice in this case: Show up! Show the judge that victims still care. (Court the dates […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, Social justice, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 29, 2016
WV Premiere of Blood on the Mountain Tuesday at WVU
Info from a Blood on the Mountain News Advisory: WHAT: West Virginia University premiere of documentary film Blood On The Mountain as the kickoff for the West Virginia University Community Human Rights Film Festival WHEN: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 7:00 p.m. Film starts, discussion panel follows screening (runtime: 93 minutes). WHERE: Gluck Theatre, WVU Mountainlair, 1550 […] More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
WV Premiere of Blood on the Mountain Tuesday at WVU
Info from a Blood on the Mountain News Advisory: WHAT: West Virginia University premiere of documentary film Blood On The Mountain as the kickoff for the West Virginia University Community Human Rights Film Festival WHEN: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 7:00 p.m. Film starts, discussion panel follows screening (runtime: 93 minutes). WHERE: Gluck Theatre, WVU Mountainlair, 1550 […] More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 28, 2016
Pam Nixon, Others Comment on Report on WVAW vs. Public Water
To release their new report, “West Virginia American Water Company and the Case for Public Ownership and Operation,” our good friends at the Civil Society Institute held a tele-press conference on January 7. Making statements and fielding press questions were principal report author and CSI’s senior energy analyst Grant Smith, report editor and Advocates for a Safe […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Health, MCHM, Social justice, Water, WV American Water
Pam Nixon, Others Comment on Report on WVAW vs. Public Water
To release their new report, “West Virginia American Water Company and the Case for Public Ownership and Operation,” our good friends at the Civil Society Institute held a tele-press conference on January 7. Making statements and fielding press questions were principal report author and CSI’s senior energy analyst Grant Smith, report editor and Advocates for a Safe […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Health, MCHM, Social justice, Water, WV American Water