The following information concerning state-wide and area news, events, and activities is updated at the beginning of each calendar month. Please check with the originating organization to check on possible cancellations or changes that might have occurred since they were originally posted here. See Local News for non-CCSJ events and activities organized and/or occurring in the Morgantown area. See WVU News for Social and Environmental Justice related activties and events organized or occurring at West Virginia University.
West Virginia NOW has a Facebook page and a web page. Or email Amanda Ray, the state NOW president, at amandajray@yahoo.com.
Kanawha Valley NOW: Follow them on Facebook.
Huntington NOW: Follow them on Facebook.
See more about ACLU West Virginia here or Facebook. This is a very active Facebook page so please check it for current issues and actions. Email them at mail@acluwv.org.
The 2026 edition of the ACLU WV Magazine is now available for free. It features a timely article entitled “Born in the USA: West Virginians with birthright citizenship on what it means to them.”
The ACLU of West Virginia and American Friends Service Committee WV are hosting a pre-screening of this film with a panel discussion on Wednesday, July 8th, at 6:00 p.m. at the Labelle Theatres, 311 D Street, South Charleston. It is free.
“Camper and volunteer applications are officially open for the 2026 Appalachian Queer Youth Summit which will be held Aug. 12-16 in Morgantown. As always, attendance is free and open to LGBTQ+ West Virginians and those from LGBTQ+ families, ages 15-19.” Applications for campers and volunteers are at https://www.acluwv.org/news/appalachian-queer-youth-summit-applications-open/.
“Are you between the ages of 15-25 and identify as black, indigenous, or otherwise a person of color? Join us for a weekend of community, joy, and action, and be part of building the network of support we need to make change we want to see! Being a person of color in West Virginia is tough, but we are stronger together. To register, please visit: https://secure.ngpvan.com/Qw5KnVcWwUyLZz2HPPIOzA2
“The 2026 Our Voice Our Power BIPOC Youth Convening will be hosted in partnership with the Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC). The BLAC Revival Storytelling and Policy Summit will be a companion event. Visit BLAC's website here:https://blackappalachiancoalition.org. Please reach out to Youth Organizer, Ocean Smith with any questions: osmith@acluwv.org.”
Fairness West Virginia is a civil rights advocacy organtization dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender West Virginians.
Follow Fairness West Virginia on Facebook.
For more on this group’s events, go to Facebook www.facebook.com/RainbowPrideWV or their website here.
"The West Virginia Transgender Coalition is a grassroots organization that works to ensure the wellbeing, safety and lived equity of all trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive community members within the state of West Virginia.”
Meetings will now be held the first Monday of the month! Meetings are open to any community member interested in joining..
For more information, please go their Facebook page.
This group organized in December 2021 in Charleston “to illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ+ people of color in West Virginia and provide them with a safe space of fellowship,” according to a story in the Juneteenth edition of Black By God: The West Virginian. For more information, email WVBPfoundation@outlook.com or Kasha@wvpfoundation.com.
According to its website, “We are an emerging news and storytelling organization centering Black voices from the Mountain State. We provide a more nuanced portrayal of the Black experience in the Appalachian region.” Crystal Good is the editor/publisher/founder of Black By God.
There is a weekly online edition and a quarterly print edition.
To contact Black by God, email Info@Blackbygod.org or call 304-207-0352. The mailing address is 2156 University Ave. Suite 400, Morgantown, WV, 26505. To make a tax-deductible donation, go to blackbygod.org/donate.