MORGANTOWN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
The next regular meeting should be Thursday, August 21, at 6:30 p.m. You can get contact information for the commission, including information on filing complaint forms here. You can get copies of the agendas and minutes for the commission meetings here. You can find a calendar of annual human rights observances here. Observances for the current month are included in this website here. There is currently one vacancy on the commission.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS of morgantown / monongalia County (LWV-MM)
Thanks to Cynthia Nelson, the new secretary of the LWV-MM, for this report:
"Please watch for LWV-MM voter registration tabling in the community this summer and fall. On August 7th we will be at the 1st Friday for the Arts in Downtown Morgantown."
"August 23rd, we will be at the Stewartstown Community Center."
"We can instruct you on how to check that your voter registration is active too! You will find us in front of the Morgantown Library and other community events throughout Morgantown. Follow our socials for announcements."
The LWV of Morgantown-Monongalia County invites everyone to subscribe to LWV-MM’s Substackhttps://lwvmorgantown.substack.com . A subscription gets you automatic updates. And it’s free.
The next monthly board meeting will be via zoom on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 6:30pm. They encourage all members to participate in the monthly meetings! The Morgantown/Monongalia County League has been a member organization of CCSJ.
Follow this group on Facebook and contact them by email at lwvmorgantown@gmail.com. Interested in joining the League of Women Voters? Join online. The Morgantown/Monongalia County League has been a member organization of CCSJ.
GREATER MORGANTOWN INTERFAITH ASSOCIATION (GMIA)
You can follow GMIA on Facebook or on the web. Their email address is faulkeseve@gmail.com.
MORGANTOWN NOW CHAPTER
Follow the group on Facebook or their website. Email this group at morgantownnow@gmail.com.
Morgantown NOW will meet Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00 p.m., at The Friends Meeting House, 348 E. Brockway, which is near the new Marilla Park Pool.. The meeting will feature Dr. Karen Culcasi talking about Anti-Muslim Discrimination and its impact on women.
Dr. Culcasi is a Professor of Geography and the Harriet E. Lyon Professor in Women and Gender Studies at West Virginia University. Harriet E. Lyon was the first female student to graduate from WVU, earning the title of Valedictorian in 1891. Here is a link to some of Dr. Culcasi's extensive publications, based on years of fieldwork, including her recent award-winning book, Displacing Territories. https://karenculcasi.geo.wvu.edu/
Morgantown-Kingwood Branch of the NAACP
Morgantown-Kingwood Branch of the NAACP will be meeting on Tuesday, August 18. The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Contact the NAACP at 3241naacp@gmail.com for more information and to learn how to participate.
The branch has a Readings on Race and Rights group and does its work with a variety of committees, including Education, Political Action, Legal Redress, Criminal Justice, and Health.
Follow the NAACP on Facebook.
We appreciate the fact that the Branch shares the CCSJ Update with its membership and contributed to our Martin Luther King Jr. Day program this year.
Morgantown Civilian Police Review Advisory Board Needs One Member
The City of Morgantown is currently accepting applications for one vacancy on the Board, and you can get a link to the application and more information by going here. “The Board shall consist of nine members appointed by the City Council. Each member shall be a resident of the city or an active member of an organization that works within the city to promote purposes consistent with the purpose of the Board.”
The board meets the second Tuesday of each month at noon at the Morgantown Public Safety Building conference room. For links to agendas and minutes of past meetings, go here.
MORGANTOWN CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN-MENNONITE
Services are in person or on Zoom at 10:30. For Zoom instructions, please go here.
Please go to their Facebook page for information on relief efforts related to the recent floods in Lewis and Upshur counties and connections to the Appalachian Mutual Aid Collective.
The church has a Blessings Box outside the church at 464 Virginia Avenue, Morgantown, where you can drop off extra food you may have or take some if you need it, or swap food. Feminine hygiene products are also welcome.
Follow them at their website or on Facebook. The church is a member of the CCSJ.
monongAlia Friends
First Day meetings are at 11:00 a.m. at 648 E. Brockway, Morgantown. Contact them at monquakers@gmail.com.
Monongalia Friends Meeting is a member organization of CCSJ.
First Presbyterian Church, Morgantown:
The church is located at 456 Spruce Street. Adult Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. Online worship is at 10:00 a.m., and in-person worship is at 11:00 a.m. The church’s Facebook page is here and has details about the many activities. The church is a member organization of CCSJ.
"It is a value of First Presbyterian Church that when we gather, we welcome one another just as God loves us, without any conditions.
No matter who you are or where you’re from
No matter where you live or work
No matter your family of origin or ethnicity
No matter who you love or how you identify, or wherever you are on your spiritual journey
We welcome you just as God loves you, without any conditions.
Their garden produce goes to local food banks.
Rev. Naomi Washington-Leaphart Community Advocacy Event is September 27th: Reverend Leaphart is an LGBTQ+ speaker, author, and activist who will be speaking at First Presbyterian Church, 456 Spruce St., Morgantown. CCSJ is a co-sponsor of this free public event at 2:00 p.m. Reverend Leaphart will also be giving the sermon that morning with a potluck following the service.
Fairmont Pride
Their webpage is here and their Facebook page is here. Join them for their monthly meetings at the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center on the campus of Fairmont State University. The meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
MORGANTOWN PRIDE
For information on this group go to their Facebook page or their website. Morgantown Pride also has an Instagram page here.
#pridetribemorgantown #morgantownwvpride #YallBelongHere
Raising Trans Kids Community Group
The Raising Trans Kids community group is for West Virginia parents, guardians, and families who are raising transgender or gender diverse kids (of any age), or have kids who might be transgender or gender diverse. Follow Morgantown Pride on Facebook.
Anyone interested in joining the meeting for the first time or to get more information can email raisingtranskids@gmail.com.
Project Rainbow
Project Rainbow provides shelter and support services to vulnerable young folks in the LGBT community who come from all across WV. They need our support. Follow this group on Facebook.
Scotts Run
Osage Soul and Gospel Choir: The choir meets the last Monday of every month, except around specific holidays, at the Ferry House at 6:00 p.m.
MONONGALIA COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER (MCCAC)
Follow this group at its website or on Facebook.
The NCCAC is building an inclusive and passionate community of advocates who support their mission through awareness, education, advocacy, and fundraising. See below. Further information is on their website.
Morgantown Mutual Aid
Follow this group on Facebook.
Appalachian Prison Book Project Wrapping Party
The Appalachian Prison Book Project sends books free of charge to people incarcerated in our region. “We've been hosting (mostly) monthly community wrap events--a gathering of any and all folks in the Morgantown area (and maybe beyond!) interested in helping APBP get books in the hands of eager readers. There will be a community wrapping party on August 12 at 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Ascend WV, 1279 University Avenue, Morgantown.
WVU HUMANITIES CENTER LECTURE
“The WVU Humanities Center invites you to join us for an evening with Emily Matchar at 7:00 p.m. on September 9th in 202 Brooks Hall. Matchar will be discussing her novel, In the Shadow of the Greenbrier. (Light refreshments at 7:00, talk begins promptly at 7:30.)
"In the Shadow of the Greenbrier" is a multigenerational Jewish family saga set around the iconic West Virginia luxury resort, the Greenbrier. The novel is a deeply poignant exploration of trauma, legacy, and the stories we tell to survive. Inspired by the remarkable yet little-known true events that shaped West Virginia history, In the Shadow of The Greenbrier follows four generations of one Jewish American family in the inevitable clash between legacy and individualism.
“Did you know that German diplomats were staying at the Greenbrier Resort in the 1940s? Do you know why? To learn more about a relatively unknown chapter of West Virginia history and meet a spectacular novelist, join us!
“This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but it helps us plan: https://wvu.libcal.com/calendar/events/shadow-of-the-greenbrier.
“This programming is made possible thanks to our Pi Lambda Phi Jewish Studies Endowed Lectureship.”
operation hydration
"Help us keep our community hydrated all summer. Scan the QR code to sign up for a shift to stock the cooler outside the Morgantown Public Library at 373 Spruce Street with a case of water and ice.
