Last Chance to Register for Community Organizing Summit; Upcoming Events
- bulldog
- Mar 29, 2018
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The deadline to register for the Appalachian Group Working Group Community Organizing Summit is 4 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, March 30.
What: Community Organizing Summit, hosted by the AGWG
Where: Jackson’s Mill, 160 WVU Jackson Mill, Weston, WV
When: Friday, April 6 – Sunday, April 8
Find the weekend’s schedule, training session descriptions and a list of speakers and trainers here. We’ve also added a Sunday morning tour of nearby fracking-related sites; details will be posted on the schedule page. Also check for updates on Facebook, here.
We wanted to alert folks living in and near the Charleston to two upcoming events:
Tomorrow, March 30 at 7 p.m.: The West Virginia Poor People’s Campaign will conduct a mass meeting Friday, beginning at the Teamsters Local #175 Hall in South Charleston.
The featured speaker for this event is the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the U.S. Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.” An author, preacher and professor, Barber is president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach and a member of the national board of the NAACP, chairing its Legislative Political Action Committee.
Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m.: Free Screening of In the Hills and Hollows
Join This is Public Health at the WV International Film Festival’s Underground Cinema for a special screening on Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. of In the Hills and Hollows by award winning freelance photographer and visual storyteller Keely Kernan.
A panel Q&A will follow the film with Keely Kernan (over Skype), OVEC’s executive director Natalie Thompson, and Karan Ireland, West Virginia Environmental Council.
This event is free, but tickets are required.
