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...
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...
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,...
March 24, 2020 — Message to Interfaith Communities in partnership with Standing Together Steering Committee of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC) — Co-authors, VCIC Standing Together Steering Committee and Rabbi Michael Knopf of Temple Beth-El in...
African American Clergy Prayer Vigil Calling on Legislators to Support an Equitable Minimum Wage and Honor Historically Underpaid Workers during Black History Month — PRAYER VIGIL TIMELINE: Wed., Feb. 98, 10:45 a.m. Bank St....
By Monica Lewis, an activist with Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and Virginia Interfaith Power & Light — It is not always obvious how laws and policies affect our lives. Unless we are...
By, Roberta Oster, Communications Director for the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — Armed with quotes from scripture and posters that read, “All Faiths Believe in Justice,” faith leaders and activists have been...
By Roberta Oster, Communications Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — “The path of nonviolence drew the clergy together. Across our many religious traditions, we are joined today on the path of peace.”...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 6, 2020 Contact: Roberta Oster roberta@virginiainterfaithcenter.org Communications Director, 804-615-4192 Faith Leaders and Activists Held Prayer Vigil outside Title Max to Stop Predatory Lending Practices (VIDEO EMBEDDED IN STORY) Jan....
Advocate social justice from your phone or laptop – Wed., Jan. 8 – March 5, 2020 In just a few minutes a day, you can make a huge difference by sharing updates about critical legislation...
-By Rebecca Payton,* Charlottesville Living Wage Coalition advocate – As you sit at your table and say your grace, Do you thank God for the human race? As you sip the coffee in your...
THE ROAD TO JERICHO – WHY CHRISTIANS ADVOCATE — By Phillip Church, Elder Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, McLean VA Luke 10:30 – There once was a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers...
The Virginia Pilot, Nov. 25, 2019 – op-ed by Kendyl Crawford, director of Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (a program of VICPP) — At the beginning of this month, the federal government added to...
By Dora Muhammad, Health Equity Manager, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — For the past year, I have worked across the Commonwealth of Virginia to educate congregations and community members about Medicaid expansion...
Imagine a random Wednesday when you wake up and aren’t feeling well. You’ve got a cough or a fever and you know you should stay home from work so that you don’t get other people...
As the City of Hampton and the Fort Monroe Authority prepare to host a weekend of activities commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of Africans in Virginia, VICPP Health Equity Manager Dora...
Have you talked to restaurant workers? Eighty-one percent of them have no paid sick days. Here are four of their stories. We’ve changed their names so they don’t lose their jobs. Virginia Interfaith Center...
By Rabbi Michael Knopf, Temple Beth-El, Richmond, Virginia Sunday, August 4, 2019 — As I turned on the news following Shabbat, I was devastated by the dissonance of transitioning from a Shabbat Shalom,...
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) Health Equity Manager Dora Muhammad joined Alexandria Bratton, Program Manager at the Virginia Civic Engagement Table (VCET), for the 2020 Census Community Townhall convened July 23, by...
By Dora Muhammad, VICPP Health Equity Manager — In the center of the horseshoe driveway, a metal sculpture draws your attention. Shrubs surround the artistic expression entitled, “Industry vs. Nature.” It depicts two robotic...