
The next cohort for Champions for Change is officially underway
The journey has begun! The Champions for Change 2025 Fellowship launched its first session in Buckhannon, WV, at West Virginia Wesleyan College,
“These are my concerns…” are words that are dreaded by citizen lobbyists (community members who are interested in influencing the policymaking process), especially when they come from a legislator whose support you need to move your bill forward.
Though this phrase can sometimes preface an immovable opinion, I find that more often when a legislator offers to discuss their concerns about a bill or an issue in general, they are doing a few things that can be incredibly helpful.
There will be times when legislators choose to voice their concerns on a bill by voting no. But, when citizen lobbyists are able to discuss concerns with legislators, the possibilities for moving forward positive legislation go up exponentially.
The journey has begun! The Champions for Change 2025 Fellowship launched its first session in Buckhannon, WV, at West Virginia Wesleyan College,
Community teams who just graduated last month from the second cohort of the BRECC Action Challenge are hard at work ensuring the
The West Virginia Community Development Hub (The Hub) is hiring for an Executive Director to lead the organization’s administration and management, program