
	CCSJ Update - February 13, 2002
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Report on : Sunday afternoon with Al - February 10, 2002 Al Anderson, CCSJ vice-president, musician, and community activist, gave a wonderful program about growing up on Scotts Run. He told stories about his life and interspersed the stories with songs, with Paul Becker as the accompanist. Emily Spieler gave a short presentation about CCSJ's work to the diverse crowd of CCSJ members, WVU students, and other interested folks. Please note that, contrary to the story that appeared in the Dominion Post on Monday, February 11, with a headline of "Candidate Anderson Found His Voice," this was not a campaign rally for Al Anderson, who is a candidate for the House of Delegates. This was planned before Al announced he would be a candidate, and Emily has written a letter to the editor of the Dominion Post to clarify this. Many thanks to the steering committee members who organized this event!
Report on current projects CCSJ is working on putting together resources on social and economic justice issues to be made available to schools and members of the community and (hopefully) to be housed at the Morgantown Public Library. Some funds have been raised to pay for materials. The group is currently gathering lists of possible resources and reviewing the currently available materials. If you would like to work on this, contact Judy Cohen, 292-0072, [email protected] or Jackqueline Moseley, 296-1415. A committee is meeting to discuss some issues of economic inequality and economic justice in the Morgantown area. If you would like more information, contact Paul Becker, 292-2983, [email protected].
PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) group forming: On Sunday, February 17, from 10:45 a.m.- noon, a panel of speakers from PFLAG Pittsburgh will be part of the service at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship Hall at 429 Warrick Street in Wiles Hill. Lunch will be provided for those who wish to stay for the organizational meeting, from 1-3:00, to discuss setting up PFLAG meetings in Morgantown. For further information, contact David Whaley at [email protected] (please put "CCSJ" in the header to alert him to your purpose) or call 599-2561 or 293-2742, ext 3701 (there is voice mail on this phone).
Hate crimes statute: Many of you know that the West Virginia legislature is discussing amending the state's hate crime legislation to add disability and sexual orientation to the list of protected classes currently included in the law. The current classes are race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, or sex. This is House Bill 2354, which is now in the House Judiciary Committee, and Barbara Evans Fleischauer is one of the sponsors of this bill. For information about this amendment, please see the West Virginia Lesbian and Gay Coalition website.
If you care about this issue, please contact your legislators. House of Delegates Members for the 44^th District are: Robert D. Beach , Room 6 R (340-3226), Barbara Evans Fleischauer, Room 205E (340-3169), Sheirl L. Fletcher, Room 224 E (340-3144), and Charlene J. Marshall, Room 4 R (340-3194). Senators for this area are Michael A. Oliverio II, Room 209W (357-7919) and Jon Blair Hunter, Room 225 W (357-7995). To write to a delegate or senator, use the room number after each name, then Building 1, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV 25305.
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