Note: some of the older newsletters contain old phone numbers. Please refer to SALS’ contact page for current contact information.
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SALS Journal, Spring-Summer, 2008
The flags will wave again to celebrate another year of good works here at SALS. On Saturday June 14, 2008 at the SALS community center in Beards Fork, we will host our 17th annual solidarity Festival. This year promises to be one of our best ever. More
SALS Journal, Fall-Winter, 2007
SALS held its annual “Make A Difference Day” on Saturday, October 27. Make A Difference Day is celebrated every year on the fourth Saturday of October. Organizations all over the United States participate on this day. It’s the nation’s largest day of volunteering and volunteers participate by helping in their communities, churches, or schools. More
SALS Journal, Spring, 2007
On June 2, SALS’ Solidarity Festival will celebrate 30 years of service in Fayette and adjacent counties. This year’s festival marks a landmark year and a major accomplishment for the organization. The festival will
take place at the SALS Community Center and grounds at Beards Fork. More
SALS Journal, Winter, 2006-2007
On June 27th two documentaries on the Buffalo Creek Disaster were screened and discussed at SALS Community Center. Appalshop Filmmaker Mimi Pickering presented her awarding-winning films, THE
BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN and BUFFALO CREEK REVISITED. More
SALS Journal, May, 2006
On Saturday, May 13th SALS will celebrate another successful year with our annual Workers’ Solidarity Cultural Festival. We anticipate a wonderful day of entertainment and coming together of friends and supporters, new and old More
SALS Journal, Fall-Winter, 2005-2006
In October, Governor Manchin issued a proclamation to officially “kick off” a brand new organization dedicated to help fund progressive nonprofit groups in our state - Community Shares of West Virginia (CSWV). This capitol press conference was the cumulation of several years of collaboration by the founding member organizations including SALS. More
SALS Journal, Spring-Summer, 2005
SALS 15th annual Workers’ Solidarity Cultural Festival on May 21st was a big success. Folks came from around the region to our community center in Beards Fork on this pristine Spring day full of sunshine and had a great time watching the performers, visiting with old friends and making new ones. More
SALS Journal, Fall-Winter, 2004-2005
This year has been a great year for volunteers here at SALS. The summer months were full of energy and the building of new relationships. Wave after wave of volunteers passed through our community. Each new group of volunteers brought something unique to our endeavor to build a better community. We appreciated their spirit of volunteerism and marveled at their commitment to our project. We met people from all over the world and of all ages. More
SALS Journal, Spring, 2004
Everyone is invited to the Fourteenth Annual Workers’ Solidarity Cultural Festival at 1 PM, Saturday, May 22. This year we will be highlighting folksinger Anne Feeney, cultural artist Jude Binder, Shayar and Krooshal Force, the SALS Harpists, and several other performers to be announced. More
SALS Journal, Fall-Winter, 2003-2004
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) opened UHCAN’s 11th national conference with a hopeful and energetic call to grassroots activists to make sure that Congress and state legislatures around the country
“hear your voices loudly and clearly” so as to drown out the “naysayers and keepers of the status quo” who say health care for all cannot happen. More