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Beyond The Walls: From Cell to Sacred
Beyond The Walls: From Cell to Sacred

As an Uplift WV member and artist,  Idle is one of the lead curators of Inside→OUT: incARceraTion, a traveling exhibit that fosters community conversations and education on mass incarceration and the need for community-driven, supportive reentry in West Virginia and across the nation. This might seem unexpected, as Idle is incarcerated at Mount Olive Correctional Facility, serving a life-without-mercy sentence. He views his work as an opportunity for restitution — to repair the harm he has caused and to help create the world he needed as a child.

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Know Your Rights with ICE
Know Your Rights with ICE

West Virginia is no stranger to pulling the shortest straw. 

Since its inception, this state and its people have been subject to ruthless natural resource extraction, harmful legal systems, and widespread social and political manipulation. Although the state has found itself in the grip of the so-called Make America Great Again movement, there are many here who empathize with their immigrant neighbors and are working hard behind the scenes to support them. 

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Finding Common Ground
Finding Common Ground

Ryan was a 31-year-old convicted felon who ran the streets of Wood County as a kid, abandoned by a father he never knew and weighed down by a legacy of family addictions and dysfunction, along with the racism he endured as one of the only kids of color in his community.

He says he never really felt like he “had a place in the world” and that he was somehow “less than” the people and the world around him. Nothing in his life made him believe that he had any potential worth or value, and he found his “safety in hiding from the world.” 

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“Neighbors Helping Neighbors”: What is Mutual Aid?
“Neighbors Helping Neighbors”: What is Mutual Aid?

Mustard Seed Mountain’s editor sat down for an interview with Ohio Valley Mutual Aid (OVMA) volunteer and organizer Libby Horacek to discuss mutual aid: what it is, what it entails, and how you can get involved.

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The Camp Closure — What’s Next?
The Camp Closure — What’s Next?

It is nearly six months since Wheeling closed its exempted homeless camp in freezing December temperatures, displacing around sixty individuals. 

Some former camp residents are now in permanent housing, but many more are staying in abandoned buildings and local shelters. For certain groups, there is still not a clear path forward. 

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I’m A Chef and I’m Sober
I’m A Chef and I’m Sober

I have been a Chef for almost 20 years and have worked in the restaurant/hospitality industry for 31 years. The industry is notoriously known for its “work hard, play hard” philosophy. The shifts are generally long as well as physically and mentally demanding. A lot of workers turn to substances when the shift ends to try and decompress and numb the anxiety, including myself.

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Actually Ashlie: Actually, Fun Doesn’t Have to Lead to Regret
Actually Ashlie: Actually, Fun Doesn’t Have to Lead to Regret

For a long time, I thought fun and substances were basically the same thing. Not exactly—but close enough that I didn’t question it.

Celebrations meant using. Stress meant using. Boredom meant using. Even happiness somehow circled back to it. I told myself I was having fun. And sometimes, even in the moment, it felt that way. But the part I didn’t talk about—the part that mattered more—was what came the next morning

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Ryan was a 31-year-old convicted felon who ran the streets of Wood County as a kid, abandoned by a father he never knew and weighed down by a legacy of family addictions and dysfunction, along with the institutional racism he endured as one of the on
Mustard Seed Mountain’s editor sat down for an interview with Ohio Valley Mutual Aid (OVMA) volunteer and organizer Libby Horacek to discuss mutual aid: what it is, what it entails, and how you can get involved. Read about it at the web link
It is nearly six months since Wheeling closed its exempted homeless camp in freezing December temperatures, displacing around sixty individuals. Some former camp residents are now in permanent housing, but many more are staying in abandoned buildin
As an Uplift WV member and artist, Idle is one of the lead curators of Inside→OUT: incARceraTion, a traveling exhibit that fosters community conversations and education on mass incarceration and the need for community-driven, supportive reentry
Wow — we truly could not have asked for a better relaunch of MSM. We want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out Friday to support the street paper. Not only was the event a success in raising funds to support the paper for the fore
You won’t want to miss the set by iconic local band @stonecampus at our relaunch party next week! Ticket info in our story and on FB!
After a lot of edits and hard work by our rockstar page designer Ashlie, our team is getting ready to send final pages out for printing tonight! We can’t wait to share this upcoming issue of MSM with y’all! Pick up a copy at our relaunc
Come celebrate MSM’s relaunch with us! Tickets and more information can be found here: https://givebutter.com/msm-fundraiser-x4dc5w

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