MORGANTOWN — Bob Pirner is, among many other things, a Navy veteran. So it’s somewhat fitting he would be recognized to open the Dec. 7 meeting of […]
Tag: Morgantown Human Rights Commission
Morgantown HRC to present awards
Newsroom@DominionPost.com The Morgantown Human Rights Commission will spotlight local residents and organizations that exemplify the spirit of diversity and human rights in the community with its annual […]
Morgantown Human Rights Commission members reflect on city’s equality index score
MORGANTOWN — Don Spencer, a mainstay on the Morgantown Human Rights Commission, said the commission’s goal has never been overly complicated. “We want everyone welcome here, and […]
Oct. 17 letters to the editor
Gov.’s sexist remarks can’t go unchallenged The members of the Morgantown Chapter of the National Organization for Women are dismayed at Gov. Jim Justice’s disrespectful comments made […]
Goodbye Columbus Day, hello Indigenous People’s Day
On Oct. 1, two members of the Human Rights Commission, Don Spencer and Bonnie Brown, met with The Dominion Post Editorial Board to discuss the commission’s proposal […]
Conversion therapy ban gets first nod, masks mandated for city meetings
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s public input on the banning of conversion therapy was fairly lengthy as a dozen or so speakers addressed the issues — all but one […]
Commission to ask Morgantown Council to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day
MORGANTOWN — Who was Christopher Columbus? A devout Catholic and working-class man who spent a decade petitioning royal support for a voyage that altered the course of […]
Morgantown Council to consider ban on conversion therapy
MORGANTOWN — Child abuse, torture, medical malpractice. All, Andrew Schneider of Fairness West Virginia explained, are apt descriptors for conversion therapy — the practice of attempting to […]
City Council can — and should — ban conversion therapy
In the Constitution’s preamble, the Founding Fathers laid out the promises of the government they were forming: establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, […]
Human Rights Commission asks Morgantown Council to ban conversion therapy
MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Human Rights Commission, and about 14 members of the community, attended Tuesday’s committee of the whole session to ask Morgantown City Council to […]
