U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Civil Rights Issues in West Virginia

Appendices

Appendix 1: List of Forum Participants*

1. Community Forum, Logan, West Virginia, November 17, 1998

Panel 1: Police-Community Relations, Recruitment of Minority Officers, and Hate Crimes

• Hilary Chiz, director, American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia

• Joan Hill, attorney, Crandall, Pyles, Haviland & Turner, Logan

• Sgt. G. R. Johnson, West Virginia State Police, Logan Detachment

• First Sgt. Steve Cook, West Virginia State Police, Logan Detachment

• Paul Sheridan, senior assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, West Virginia Attorney General s Office

• Tim Tweed

• Pete Kelly, Logan County Community Action Group and Youth of the NAACP

Panel 2: Equal Educational Opportunity, School-to-Work Program

• Rick Wilson, American Friends Service Committee

• Wilma Zigmund, principal, Logan High School

• Dr. Pat White, Logan County Board of Education

• Margaret Fletcher, school-to-work curriculum coordinator, Mingo County Schools

• Peggy Vance, school resource assistant, Logan County Schools

• Eliza Jane Dillard, retired teacher, Logan County Schools

• Rev. Michael Pollard, social worker, Logan County

Panel 3: Economic Opportunity, Employment Discrimination

• Paul Sheridan, senior assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, West Virginia Attorney General s Office

• Rev. David Bell

• Gracie Adkins

• Marcia Ibos, director, Tug Valley Recovery Shelter, Williamson

• Joanne Farmer, outreach director, New Employment for Women, Logan

• Christopher Drummer, kitchen manager/trainee, Shoney s, Logan

• Rev. Franklin Jones, guidance counselor, Matewan Middle School

• John Fullen, president, Mingo County NAACP, and mayor of Matewan

• Rev. Steven Hairston, president, Logan-Boone NAACP

• Pete Kelly, Logan County Community Action Group and Youth of the NAACP

• Eliza Jane Dillard, retired teacher, Logan County Schools

• Walter W. Elmore

• Kenneth Ross

2. Community Forum, Morgantown, West Virginia, June 14, 1999

Welcome

• Frank Scafella, mayor of Morgantown

Panel 1: Civil Rights Concerns for Persons with Disabilities

• Barbara Judy, ADA compliance officer, West Virginia University

• Reed Martin, attorney in private practice, Morgantown

• James S. Jeffers, director, West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services

• Helen Matlick, West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association

• Ruby Losh, disability rights advocate

• Kent Bryson, staff attorney, West Virginia Advocates

• Dolly Ford, sign language interpreter

• Teresa McGonigle, sign language interpreter

• Tony Miralles

• Ken Ervin, advocate specialist, Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living

Panel 2: Civil Rights Issues in North Central West Virginia

• Leonard George, director, MBC United

• Delegate Charlene Marshall, member, West Virginia House of Delegates

• Debbie Hall, president, Morgantown NAACP (submitted written testimony)

• Allen Lee, president, Harrison County NAACP

• Dr. Katherine Bankole, director, West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research

• Kay Francis Meade, member, Fairmont City Council

Open Session

• Dewey Berry   

• Bredga Neal

• William Bunner

• Rev. Russell Medley, St. Stephen Baptist Church

• Patricia Bunner

3. Community Forum, Charleston, West Virginia, April 20, 2000

Welcome

• Jay Goldman, mayor of Charleston

Panel 1: Community Leaders and Civil Rights Advocates

• Hilary Chiz, executive director, American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia

• Rev. Homer Davis, president, Charleston NAACP

• Sherwood Brown, Raleigh County NAACP

• Marvin Smoots, Raleigh County NAACP

• Jason Huber, attorney, Foreman and Crane, Charleston

• Connie Lewis, Charleston

• Phil Carter, Cabell County NAACP

• Rev. James E. Murray, Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, Charleston, and president, Charleston Police Civil Service Commission

• Polly Rempel, bail bondsman, Parkersburg

• Dallas Staples, president, West Virginia Black Law Enforcement Officers United

• Joan Porter-Green

• Delegate Arley Johnson, member, West Virginia House of Delegates

• William Boyd

Panel 2: State and Federal Officials/Police Organization Representatives

• Darrell V. McGraw Jr., attorney general, State of West Virginia

• Chuck Miller, United States Attorney's Office, Charleston

• Captain Steve Cogar, director of training, West Virginia State Police Academy

• Tom Rodd, senior law clerk for West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Larry Starcher

• Chief Jerry Riffe, chief of police, Charleston Police Department

• Captain R. E. Wilson, Parkersburg

• Eddie St. Clair, vice president, West Virginia Troopers Association

• Rudy Jefferson, president, Marion County NAACP

• Andrew Mayer

• David Stewart, West Virginia Advocates

Panel 3: Other Civil Rights Issues in the Charleston Area

• Barry Bowe, principal, Chandler Elementary School, Charleston

• Rev. Alfonso Heyliger, Ferguson Baptist Church, and president, Charleston Black Ministerial Alliance

• Romona Taylor Williams, executive director, REDEEM, Charleston

• Erica Collier, student, Roosevelt Junior High School, Charleston

• Jarrick Hall, Roosevelt Junior High School, Charleston

• Levetta McKnight, Hope Community Development, Charleston

• Isaiah White, Roosevelt Junior High School, Charleston

• Eileen Lee

• Dr. Evans

* Includes invited panelists and other speakers.

Appendix 2: Janice B. Christopher, Assistant Superintendent, Division of Pupil Services, Monongalia County Schools, Letter, May 29, 2002 (PDF)

Appendix 3: Fred VanKirk, Secretary/Highways Commissioner, West Virginia Department of Transportation, Department of Highways, Letter, May 28, 2002 (PDF)

Appendix 4: Wendella P. Fox, Director, Philadelphia Office, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Letter, June 5, 2002 (PDF)