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.
For information on everything you need to know about registering, voting, or running for office, go here. You can register now for an absentee ballot. Pay attention to deadlines and, if necessary, go to the post office to be sure something is postmarked on time.
Please review the comments from the League of Women Voters about the required photo i.d.s that you will need to vote in West Virginia.
Early voting starts April 29. In Morgantown there will be early voting at the Mountaineer Mall on Greenbag Road, plus other sites to be announced. Any registered voter in Monongalia County can vote at any early voting site. On Election Day, you must vote at your precinct to be sure your vote will count.
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: Follow them on Facebook.
Huntington NOW: Follow them on Facebook.
See more about ACLU West Virginia here or Facebook. Email them at mail@acluwv.org.
The ACLU has started a Police Accountability Dashboard “to provide insight into officer careers and accountability. Go to dashboard.dragline.org for a variety of ways to search information about law enforcement officers in the state.
Fairness West Virginia is a civil rights advocacy organtization dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender West Virginians.
“This year, lawmakers introduced several bills that would have directly harmed LGBTQ+ West Virginians. Thanks to the tireless advocacy of Fairness West Virginia supporters across the state, we defeated every single anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
Together, we helped stop:
A bill that would have overturned local fairness laws in 21 communities across West Virginia, protections that ensure LGBTQ+ people cannot be fired, evicted, or denied services simply for who they are.
A bill targeting drag performances, which sought to restrict artistic expression and further stigmatize LGBTQ+ culture.
A bill that would have criminalized transgender people for simply existing in public spaces, threatening trans West Virginians with criminal charges for using locker rooms and changing areas.”
Several communities are starting to post their PRIDE events for June 2026 on the webpage here.
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.