"Born This Way" star to keynote 33rd People First self-advocacy conference
RIPLEY – People First of West Virginia, a statewide self-advocacy organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will hold its 33rd annual Self-Advocacy Conference Sept. 9–11, 2026, at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley. The conference was originally scheduled to take place at Jackson’s Mill 4-H Camp near Jane Lew, but was relocated after recent flooding made the middle school unusable. Lewis County Schools has leased Jackson’s Mill through May for classes, prompting organizers to move the conference to Cedar Lakes. Sean McElwee, a cast member of ...
