# [Michael Barrick will Speak on the Book titled “Fractured Sanctuary” on Sunday 4/23/23 @ 3 PM](https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2023/04/18/michael- barrick-will-speak-on-the-book-titled-%e2%80%9cfractured- sanctuary%e2%80%9d-on-sunday-42323-3-pm/)
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Co-sponsors are the Morgantown Friends (Quaker) Meeting, the Church of the Brethren, the WV Sierra Club and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Morgantown
**PUBLIC MEETING: “Fractured Sanctuary” by Micheal Barrick, 3 PM on April 23rd**
[ANNOUNCEMENT, Morgantown Dominion Post, Sunday, April 16, 2023](https://appalachianchronicle.com/2023/04/13/barrick-to-discuss-book- fractured-sanctuary-at-public-meeting-on-april-23-in-morgantown/)
At 3 pm on Sunday, April 23rd our speaker will be Michael Barrick on his new book titled 'Fractured Sanctuary'. This open meeting is being held in the public meeting room of the Church of the Brethren, 464 Virginia Avenue, Wiles Hill Neighborhood, Morgantown. (COVID-19 masks are optional.)
Our speaker Michael Barrick will describe reluctant, citizen activists providing grassroots resistance against fracking, pipeline construction and other activities in West Virginia and beyond. Telling our stories helps encourage, empower and heal one another, so an open exchange of experiences and ideas will take place. Also, community preparedness and emergency management will be described to meet the many threats residents face in their communities, whether it be fracking, flooding or a major spill of hazardous chemicals as recently happened in East Palestine, Ohio.
Michael Barrick was born in Clarksburg and graduated from Glenville State. He holds a postgraduate Certificate in Community Preparedness and Emergency Management from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He has extensive experience in these areas.
The co-sponsors of this event are the WV Interfaith Power & Light, Morgantown Church of the Brethren, WV Sierra Club, Morgantown Friends (Quaker) Meeting and the local Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
**See also:** [The Appalachian Chronicle ~ appalachianchronicle.com](https://appalachianchronicle.com/2023/04/13/barrick- to-discuss-book-fractured-sanctuary-at-public-meeting-on-april-23-in- morgantown/)
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