December 6, 2022 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Maximizing Value: What We Need for Best-Practice Broadband Implementation

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Join us on Tuesday, December 6th to learn how we can we work together to achieve our principles for equitable broadband implementation in Appalachia. We’ll hear from folks tackling this problem in each state to get a sense of some of challenges and opportunities.

11 am – noon: Morning Press call: Overview of Briefing + Principles + why they matter
3 pm – 4pm: Webinar: Maximizing Value: What We Need for Best-Practice Broadband Implementation

REGISTER HERE

December 6, 2022 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Virtual Forum on School Suspension Disparities

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While Black children make up less than 5% of the total student population in West Virginia public schools, they are suspended from school at twice the rate of their white classmates.

“[The impact of school discipline] falls heavily on the most marginalized, and the poorest people. And the cycle will be perpetuated until we come together and figure out how to address it today.” — Rev. Matthew Watts

Join us for a virtual forum on school suspension disparties.

Register here or at https://tinyurl.com/WVEdCrisis.

December 8, 2022 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Using the Lown Institute Hospitals Index to Hold Hospital Accountable to Communities

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Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022

Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET

In exchange for their tax-exempt status, nonprofit hospitals are required to provide community benefit by investing in community health improvement programs, as well as offer financial assistance or ‘charity care’ to uninsured patients or those unable to pay.

Please join Community Catalyst on Thursday, December 8 at 2:00 pm ET for a presentation and conversation with researchers at the Lown Institute. They will discuss the Lown Institute Hospitals Index, an innovative tool that measures hospitals across four areas including social responsibility, racial inclusivity, avoiding overuse of unnecessary procedures, and how much hospitals give back to their communities.

Community Catalyst is excited to engage with the Lown Institute researchers about how they can use the index in their work to improve how hospitals serve the communities that rely on them.

REGISTER HERE: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D6jkwOHjQ_KVLvSqhMAtUA

January 10, 2023 11:00 am – 1:30 pm

ReImagine Appalachia 2023 Strategy Summit

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We’re so excited by the opportunities for Appalachia from the federal climate infrastructure package–including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS Act, ARPA and the Inflation Reduction Act–but how do we maximize the benefits to the communities in our region? How do we ensure jobs created come with family-sustaining wages and benefits? That we are creating new opportunities for coal industry workers and historically-marginalized groups? And that we are doing our region’s part to achieve climate neutrality?

Winning the win for Appalachian communities will require us to work collaboratively across stakeholder groups, communities and even state lines. Join us to hear from Biden Administration officials and experts from labor, economic development, environmental justice, racial and community justice on what it will take to compete successfully for federal resources and to strategize with us on the work we need to do TOGETHER to draw down those resources and start turning our collective vision for a 21st century sustainable Appalachia into a reality.

Each day will consist of a keynote panel of speakers followed by breakout strategy sessions.

Last year ReImagine Appalachia convened through panels and workshops to help guide and create their 2022 priorities, nearly 400 individuals registered for the zoom event with 450 more joining via Facebook live. https://www.facebook.com/events/687193319420315

January 11, 2023 11:00 am – 1:30 pm

ReImagine Appalachia 2023 Strategy Summit

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We’re so excited by the opportunities for Appalachia from the federal climate infrastructure package–including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS Act, ARPA and the Inflation Reduction Act–but how do we maximize the benefits to the communities in our region? How do we ensure jobs created come with family-sustaining wages and benefits? That we are creating new opportunities for coal industry workers and historically-marginalized groups? And that we are doing our region’s part to achieve climate neutrality?

Winning the win for Appalachian communities will require us to work collaboratively across stakeholder groups, communities and even state lines. Join us to hear from Biden Administration officials and experts from labor, economic development, environmental justice, racial and community justice on what it will take to compete successfully for federal resources and to strategize with us on the work we need to do TOGETHER to draw down those resources and start turning our collective vision for a 21st century sustainable Appalachia into a reality.

Each day will consist of a keynote panel of speakers followed by breakout strategy sessions.

Last year ReImagine Appalachia convened through panels and workshops to help guide and create their 2022 priorities, nearly 400 individuals registered for the zoom event with 450 more joining via Facebook live. https://www.facebook.com/events/687193319420315

January 20, 2023 7:30 am – 9:30 am

WV Center on Budget and Policy’s 2023 Budget Breakfast

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2023 Budget Breakfast

Join the WV Center on Budget and Policy for their 10th annual Budget Breakfast! The event will be held at the Charleston Marriott Town Center hotel. Breakfast will be available starting at 7:30am. The WVCBP’s analysis of the Governor’s 2024 proposed budget will start at 8:00am, followed by keynote speaker presentation and time for Q&A.

REGISTER NOW!

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February 28, 2023

WV Environmental Council’s E-Day 2023

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Save the Date for E-Day 2023!

Join us for a day of citizen lobbying on WVEC’s legislative priorities. Participation is free. The WVEC team will help you set up meetings with your legislators and find your way around the Capitol. Email info@wvecouncil.org.

(Remember, you aren’t alone as you meet with your elected officials. Our partners at WV Rivers Coalition recently held a training on “Advocating Close to Home” to help citizen advocates learn how to call or set up a meeting with legislators and know what to say when you meet with them or their staff. Watch a recording of the webinar and access the links shared during the presentation on www.wvrivers.org/advocate.)

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