Hope Heroes: Nurse Alexis Smith
By Alexis Smith, a nurse at the Kaiser Permanente satellite emergency room in Tysons Corner, Va. I don’t know how I got COVID. The first patient I swabbed for the coronavirus was in March,...
ICE arrested undocumented immigrant on church grounds #FreeBinsar
#FreeBinsar, Protect the Sanctuary of Sensitive Locations — By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — Nearly three weeks ago, ICE officials handcuffed Binsar Siahaan, an asylum-seeker from Indonesia,...
Calling All Faithful Citizens – It’s Time to Get Out The Vote!
By Dora Muhammad, VICPP Congregation Engagement Director — We vote our values. We don’t sideline them. We live out our faith in the public square. We don’t get it confused. We harness our power...
Oct. 7 Symposium: Building the Beloved Community in a Wounded World
Building the Beloved Community in a Wounded World A Virtual Symposium sponsored by the James River Chapter of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy October 7, 2020, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Registration:...
Justice is a Journey: Reflections on Black Lives Matter Vigils
By Max Hall, August 26, 2020 — Last Saturday morning, I arrived at the Courthouse in Warrenton, Virginia. It was the tenth week in a row for our local Black Lives Matter Vigil. The...
Care Can’t Wait: Vital Virginia Medicaid Budget Amendments Need to Be Funded
By Dora Muhammad, VICPP Congregation Engagement Director — Medicaid turns 55 tomorrow (July 30, 2020). For more than half a century, this federal program has improved the health of millions by providing affordable health care...
Congressman John Lewis: Continuing the Path of a Great Legacy
By Holly Melvin Rodriguez — Our dear, fierce and compassionate warrior of justice, Congressman John Lewis, has retired from this life, his body at rest while his spirit takes a rightful place among the...
“Vigil for Action: Black Lives Matter”
By Scott Christian, Chair of the Northern Piedmont Chapter of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — At 10 am on Saturday, July 11, sixty-five people participated in the fourth Vigil for Action: Black Lives...
“Stay angry. Stay constant. Do not let Black voices fall upon deaf ears”
Essay and artwork by Salem Schreiber Hansen, age 15. — George Floyd was a father and a citizen intent on bettering himself. He was another person, and another life, and lost it in a...
“Is America Possible?”
By Dr. Corey D. B. Walker – “In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to...
Hope Heroes: Nurse Terry O’Connor
By Terry O’Connor, a nurse at Novant Health UVA, Prince William Hospital and Health Care Hope Ambassador — I was called for a time such as this. This is what I signed up for. ...
College internship opportunity: Civic Engagement Summer Program!
By Lauren O’Neil, Communications Intern, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, (photo: Lauren and other UVA students canvassing to Get Out the Vote) — The night before the recent November elections, I was so excited...
Civic Engagement Summer: Calling All Volunteers!
Are you looking for meaningful volunteer/intern work over the summer? We have opportunities for college interns and volunteers from across the state in our new Civic Engagement Summer Program. You will work with us...
“None of us are Safe until All of us are Safe”
By, Doris Crouse-Mays, President, Virginia AFL-CIO –It is time to address the safety of workers in Virginia who are putting their lives on the line during this pandemic. Frontline workers and those providing other essential services are facing unsafe conditions day...
TAKE ACTION: Protect Virginia’s Essential Workers
VICPP is grateful for all the good work the Governor and his team are doing, but we remain concerned that not enough protection is being provided to Virginia's essential workers. As we talk about...
COVID-19 Demands We Address the Health Implications of Racism
By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director — Photo: My mother at a 1984 union protest in front of Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York — In early April when the Centers for Disease Control...
Why I Watch “Virginia Interfaith LIVE!”
By Julia Gravely — “Tell me how people treat nature, and I’ll tell you what they think about what it means to be human.”- Rev. Dr. Faith Harris — Across the globe, the COVID-19...
“Masks are how we show love”
By Kim Bobo, Executive Director, VICPP — It all started with one grocery store. Doris Crouse-Mays, President of the Virginia AFL-CIO, emailed VICPP about grocery store workers in Mechanicsville who needed masks. We reached...
Protecting our Elections is a Priority
By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director, VICPP — The troubling federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic is spurring voters to gear up now to get out the vote for the upcoming primaries and general...
Quarantining is a Privilege
By Roberta Oster, Communications Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — “Quarantining is a privilege,” my friend Yanet reminds me. “My family is undocumented, my parents work in ‘essential’ jobs and have to go to work,...
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