Even Mary and Joseph Took the Census
Christmas is quickly approaching, and for those in the Christian community, excitement is building for the holiday. Without going into...
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OFWV Staff
- Nov 25, 2019
- 3 min
Giving Thanks for the Food in Our Schools
As Thanksgiving approaches, we may consider what we are thankful for. One thing many families will thank this year is the food on their...
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OFWV Staff
- Oct 24, 2019
- 2 min
To Eat or Not to Eat: Should Legislation Decide?
In 2018, West Virginia spent $15,395 in taxpayer dollars drug testing applicants for TANF, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families...
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OFWV Staff
- Oct 11, 2019
- 2 min
Why It Counts to Be Counted
“The 2020 Census is coming. For the large part of my life, the Census played like background music. I knew it was there, but I didn’t pay...
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OFWV Staff
- Sep 19, 2019
- 5 min
“Do You Want to Save a Life?” SOAR Volunteer Speaks About the Power of Naloxone
“Do you want to be able to save a life in the event of an opioid overdose?” This is one of the questions that Joe Solomon, a volunteer...
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OFWV Staff
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
To Go Hungry, in College
“I lost twenty-five pounds in a few months. I would go to class and lack focus, falling asleep sometimes because of the fatigue. At work,...
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OFWV Staff
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
A Mother’s Fear: ICE Affects All of Us
“What would your child’s school do if ICE agents showed up at the door? Or stopped your kid when he got off the bus? Or tried to question...
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OFWV Staff
- Aug 19, 2019
- 4 min
Creepin’: Who Might be In Your Neighborhood This Summer
Two days ago, my mother bravely took my two teenagers shopping for school clothes. When they returned home, they told me that a woman was...
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OFWV Staff
- Aug 15, 2019
- 9 min
Struggle and Resilience: Tressie Jean’s Story
Introduction This State and our people know struggle well. We know economic and labor exploitation. We know water that is toxic and...
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OFWV Staff
- Aug 8, 2019
- 1 min
Voting Rights Under Attack
When the Voting Rights Act passed on August 6th, 1965 it brought an end to literacy tests, poll taxes and other measures which were used...
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OFWV Staff
- Aug 1, 2019
- 3 min
What is “Movement Work?”: The Values and Visions That Guide Us
Get a Load of This... Since getting back from the Center for Popular Democracy’s People’s Convention in Detroit this past weekend we’ve...
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OFWV Staff
- Jul 22, 2019
- 2 min
Census Education: Get Counted, Feed West Virginia!
Get a Load of This... Food insecurity is all around us; more than likely most of us know someone who doesn’t know where their next meal...
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OFWV Staff
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
How We Save Public Education Now: Our Path Forward!
Get a Load of This... Alright, so our lawmakers have failed to hear our voice and have passed and signed the Omnibus Education bill into...
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OFWV Staff
- Jul 9, 2019
- 2 min
Hatred in the House: A Close Look at Delegate Sharon Malcolm
West Virginia Delegate Sharon Lewis Malcolm is in the spotlight this week, and not in a way that does any credit to our state. As the...
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OFWV Staff
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
Census Education: Get Counted, Fund Schools!
Get a Load of This... The decennial census is coming up in April of 2020 and with this deadline fast approaching, much of West Virginia’s...
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OFWV Staff
- Jun 24, 2019
- 2 min
MAXIMUS Inc: Maximizing Profit at Our Expense!
Get a Load of This... Have y’all ever heard of MAXIMUS Inc? They are a private, for-profit American company that is contracted by states...
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OFWV Staff
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
We Want Our Communities in Our Schools, Not “Communities in Schools Inc!”
With education reform at the top of West Virginia’s policy making agenda we need to be thinking about what education systems and...
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OFWV Staff
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
Narrowing What Poverty “Means” Doesn’t Change the Conditions of Poor Folk!
In early May, the Trump administration proposed a change to the process of determining the Official Poverty Measure (OPM). The OPM,...
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