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Charleston Job Corps Center Director honored for Civil Rights advocacy work 

Curtis Price, center director of the Charleston Job Corps Center, was honored at The Governor’s 10^th Annual Civil Rights Day, Feb. 22, 2013 at the WV Division of Culture and History. Price was among 24 honorees recognized at the event for “Advancing Civil Rights through Advocacy.” 

Price has spent more than 20 years working with the Job Corps program and previously worked with then-Gov. Jay Rockefeller’s office as the Equal Employment Opportunity director. He is an accomplished musician and athlete. He played on the 1968 basketball team at Charleston High School, coached by Lou Romano, which finished the season undefeated and won the state championship.  In spite of a knee injury his senior year of high school, he excelled in basketball at West Virginia University and earned a bachelor of science degree in Secondary Education and Social Studies. 

The Charleston Job Corps Center was a sponsor of the annual Civil Rights Day event. Judge Phyllis Carter, acting director of the WV Human Rights Commission, noted the commission’s long-standing relationship with Charleston Job Corps. Carter currently serves on the center’s Community Relations Council.

Charleston JCC Leisure Time Coordinator James Carter performed musical selections for the event.  Student volunteers Shawn Murphy, Shanae Brown, Jasmine Childs, Javonna Alston, William Lerch and Jazmine Brown helped with the event.

Charleston JCC students attending the event were Shantell Rice, Kalynn Charity, Jakese Hardeman, April M. Trask, Deaza Togba and Arunya Rimnongrua, accompanied by BCL Tia Welch and Jennifer Lester, Medical Office Support instructor.