CDC Director: Children of Color Will Be Disproportionately Affected
Rebecca Klar of The Hill writes: Children of color will be disproportionately affected by school reopenings amid the coronavirus pandemic if additional resources are not in place ...
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Black Virginians Honored in 20 New Historical Highway Markers
On Juneteenth 2020, Governor Ralph Northam announced the content of "20 new state historical highway markers that address topics of national, state, and regional significance in V ...
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Juneteenth State Holiday!
Image credit: AJ+ YouTube On June 16, 2020 Governor Ralph Northam announced that Juneteenth would be a paid holiday for state employees. He also announced that he would work on le ...
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Stand in Solidarity with TakeAction Minnesota
STATEMENT: TAKEACTION STATEMENT ON JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD May 28, 2020 Kenza Hadj-Moussa The murder of George Floyd is devastating and justice is what we are focu ...
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Virginia Organizing and 100+ Public Officials Call for Congress to Direct Relief Funds to Community Priorities
Richmond, Va. – Today Virginia Organizing released a letter signed by over 100 current and former public officials from all areas of Virginia calling for "Reli ...
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Governor Northam Announces Community Forums to Inform Statewide Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · February 20, 2020 Office of the Governor Alena.Yarmosky@governor.virginia.gov RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that his administration wil ...
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Our Goals for the 2020 General Assembly
From Del McWhorter, Chairperson: "Virginia Organizing members recognize that after every election we have to go to work to convince our delegates and senators to take action for j ...
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Virginia Organizing Lists Goals for 2020 General Assembly Session
Richmond, Va. – In response to the Democrats winning both houses of the General Assembly yesterday, Virginia Organizing's chairperson, Del McWhorter, released the following s ...
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UVA and the History of Race: When the KKK Flourished in Charlottesville
UVA Today has been publishing an important series of articles about racism in UVA's history. The reason for the series is, from the article: "Editor’s note: Even an institution as ...
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Beauty in Diversity
2019 Summer intern Vallen Ellis has published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times about the importance of cultural awareness. From the article: "Growing up as a biracial woman in the Ap ...
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