Front Porch Blog

September 1, 2006

Tip-of-the-Hat!

JW Randolph

The Town of Shepherdstown

PROCLAMATION

Appalachian Solidarity and Accountability Resolution

Whereas, the Town of Shepherdstown Council believes that accountable government and corporate responsibility are essential to building and sustaining communities that promote the environmental safety and health conditions of the families, children and people of the State of West Virginia and in other southern Appalachian communities, and;

Whereas, Mr. Ed Wiley, citizen of Raleigh County, WV and grandfather of a student attending Marsh Fork Elementary School, has left the steps of the capital in Charleston, WV and is walking to Washington D.C. in order to protest the conditions at his granddaughters elementary school, and;

Whereas, Mr. Wiley will be arriving in Shepherdstown, WV on the 4th of September, 2006, the Town of Shepherdstown Council would like to wish the remainder of his journey here be safe and empowering, and;

Therefore, the Town of Shepherdstown Council would like to welcome Mr. Wiley to our community and commend him for his walk to draw attention to the conditions of Marsh Fork Elementary School.

I know where I’ll be spending some time/$ next time I’m comin through WV!

JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

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