The community is invited to attend a “Standing Together” gathering on January 10, 2015 from 4:00 – 5:30pm at Congregation Beth Ahabah. The program will feature speakers, a panel discussion, and community conversations. Registration is...
The Virginia Association of Community Services Boards has prepared a brief on the upcoming Jan. 10 budget hearings. Among their talking points, they have listed the following bullets, and I thought we might want...
Racism is a growing toxic force today. It impacts African Americans, immigrants – people who are different, poor – the really everyone who has become infected with an implicit bias that denigrates the other....
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s 2016 Priority Brief has been posted on our website as a pdf file for your use and study. The booklet includes the legislative policy goals for the...
Annual Meeting recap – Dec. 8, 2015 Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Annual Meeting attendees heard keynote speaker Michael Cassidy, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Institute, talk about some key issues that the...
Bill Botts of Stafford County served as the region’s Affordable Care Act navigator after retiring as director of Rappahannock Legal Services. November 22, 2015 12:00 am BY BILL BOTTS Here are 10 Republican reasons...
November 22, 2015 9:00 pm By MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch House Speaker William J. Howell, R-Stafford, wants a fresh look at the Virginia Retirement System and possible reforms to give workers more control over...
Kathy Cole Cole, of Galax, is a retired psychologist and manager. She worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs for 30 years. By Kathy Cole The fact that our Virginia legislators will not accept...
By Laura Vozzella The Washington Post November 20, 2015 RICHMOND — The mayor of a small southwestern Virginia city apologized Friday for suggesting that Syrian refugees should be treated like the Japanese Americans who...
By Rachel Weiner The Washington Post November 22 at 6:16 PM For 27 years, members of the Islamic Center of Fredericksburg have lived in relative peace with their neighbors on a country road...
Tuesday, June 30, Virginia Consumer Voices and the Center partnered with several organizations to produce an event promoting healthcare access for all Virginians. Every seat was filled and the energy was through the roof!...
Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas in Fredericksburg, Va. An environmental concern in Central Virginia is the possibility of hydraulic fracturing (also known as “fracking”). A Dallas energy company has paid for the rights to...
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Why Can’t Virginia Protect the Poor from Predatory Lenders? RICHMOND, VA (December 23, 2014) – In this holiday season, when so many people are financially stretched and stressed, taking out a car-title or open-end loan...
Legislator and Advocates to be recognized at Virginia Interfaith Center Annual Meeting. RICHMOND, VA (December 3, 2014) – The Virginia Interfaith Center will recognize its 2014 Legislator and Advocates of the Year at its...
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Our very own Erin Steigleder, Health Policy Analyst and Advocate for the Center’sfor Virginia Consumer Voices for Healthcare program was published in the Richmond Times Dispatch over the weekend. See her Op-Ed below: Richmond Times-Dispatch...
In 2012, in a Super Bowl commercial, actor Clint Eastwood proclaimed that it is half-time in America. He called for America’s comeback and a focus on what’s ahead. Midway through the 2014...