West Virginia Economic
Justice Project

Established in 1989, the West Virginia Economic Justice Project (WVEJ) works statewide on issues affecting low income and working families.  Specifically, the project:

Helps people get the best possible deal from the current system                                          

Engages in campaigns to gain or defend economic rights for workers and low income families

Helps build effective coalition in support of economic justice for all people


Summer 2009 Updates

June 29: AFSC's part in the pursuit for Health Care for All!

June 25: 200 West Virginians attend national health rally in D.C.

June 13: Read
an Op-Ed about how reactions to the recent economic crisis suggests lessons learned

 

Read Rick Wilson's Economic Justice Blog.  The blog name is The Goat Rope
(visit the site to find out why)
http://www.goatroap.blogspot.com/


Please forward the link if you can stand it.

"There is nothing but a lack of vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American, whether he is a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer."
-Martin Luther King Jr.

Information & Resources

The State of Working West Virginia (PDF, 1 MB) 

Guide for Working People (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Medicaid Guide (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Coalfield History (PDF, 4.6 MB)

Economic Justice in Hard Times: then and now June, 2009

Peace, Justice and the Martial Arts March, 2009

Contact Us

Rick Wilson
Project Director
P.O. Box 1964
Charleston, WV 25327

Phone:
304-529-3890
Fax:
304-529-3890
Email:
Rwilson@afsc.org


Beth Spence
Coalfield Specialist

Phone:
304-756-9191
Email:
bspence@afsc.org