State of LGBT Equality in Five West Virginia Cities Detailed in HRC’s New Municipal Equality Index

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today released its third annual report assessing LGBT equality in 408 cities across the nation, including five in West Virginia. The 2015 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), the only nationwide rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and…

Marshall Social Work Department Partners with Concord and West Virginia State for $10K Substance Abuse Grant

Marshall University has joined with Concord University and West Virginia State University to advance the profession of social work and improve the well-being of West Virginia’s children and their families. A $10,000 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Adolescent Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) grant will fund this collaborative partnership among these West Virginia universities.…