FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 12, 2021 Access to Prenatal Care for Undocumented Women Moving forward at the General Assembly “We have erased the margins that have excluded undocumented women from access to care to have healthy...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2021 “Days for all People” brings more than 400 Virginians together to advocate justice: Virginia Interfaith Center’s Week of Lobbying and Education Starts Monday RICHMOND – On Monday, January...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2021 Virginia Senate Passes Historic Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty: Virginia Organizations Applaud Vote to End Inhumane Practice as Groundbreaking Achievement RICHMOND, Va. — Today, the Virginia...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 19, 2021 Virginia Faith Leaders to Host Prayer Vigils across the State to Advocate Abolishing the Death Penalty: Vigils will be held at locations where lynchings and executions took place...
PDF LINK to news release UPDATED NEWS RELEASE! EVENT WILL BE HELD ON ZOOM (due to weather) MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 – 12 noon Home Health Care Workers to Host Prayer Vigil (Zoom LINK) Calling...
Prosecutors Call for Abolishing the Death Penalty in Virginia Press conference, Thursday, January 14, 2021, 10:00 am RICHMOND – On Thursday, Jan. 14, at 10 am, prosecutors and advocates will come together for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE pdf: DEATH PENALTY PRESS CONFERENCE Jan. 7, 2020 African American Pastors Call for Abolishing the Death Penalty as a Step Toward Addressing the Historical Sins of Slavery and Lynching in Virginia...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2021 News Release Press Conf. Jan. 5, 2021 Pdf Virginians for Paid Sick Days to Launch Virtual Community Tour Richmond, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, 10 am (Zoom link) “This...
PDF LINK to News Release Sept. 10, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2020 Virginians for Paid Sick Days Coalition Statement on Paid Quarantine Substitute Bill The Virginians for Paid Sick Days Coalition released...
News Release PDF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 4, 2020 New Poll: 83% of Virginians Support Paid Sick Days, Revealing a Bipartisan Call for Action Wide Majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents Support Legislature Taking Action to Require Paid Sick Days for Workers...
PDF: NEWS RELEASE Paid Sick Days press conference Aug. 17, 2020 New Coalition Launches with Urgent Call to Pass Paid Sick Days Bill During COVID-19 Crisis PRESS CONFERENCE: Monday, August 17, at 9:30 am...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Critical Protections Passed Protecting Workers Against COVID-19 Emergency temporary standards mandate common-sense protections for Virginians in the workplace Link to PDF (7 14 20) Richmond, VA— Today, the Virginia Safety and...
Virginians need enforceable health & safety standards, not CDC “suggestions” PRESS CONFERENCE Monday, July 13, 1 pm (LINK TO REGISTER on Zoom) PRESS CONFERENCE, July 13, 1pm WORKER HEALTH & SAFETY (PDF link) FACTSHEET...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2020 PDF of News Release Police violence is morally wrong! CLERGY ACTION RVA Press Conference Condemning Police Brutality Tues. June 30, 2020 – 12:00 p.m. Richmond – Marcus-David Peters Circle...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2020 News Release PDF VICPP 2020 GA 4 23 20 Media contact: Roberta Oster, Communications Director Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy roberta@virginiainterfaithcenter.org Progress for workers, immigrants, and the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Allow Students who are Undocumented to Pay In-State Tuition — — “This is a great victory for undocumented students in Virginia. We hope other states...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — March 30, 2020 Gov. Northam must remove Virginia’s racist, Jim Crow-era laws that exempt farmworkers from earning minimum wage News Release 3 20 20 Farmworkers Deserve Minimum Wage (PDF) “This is a policy issue and a moral issue...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mon., March 17, 2020 The Virginia Interfaith Center calls on Governor Northam to enact emergency regulations to provide paid sick days and employment protection for workers RICHMOND – Faith leaders and...
Letter To Gov. Northam 3 17 20 PDF March 17, 2020 Dear Governor Northam, Thank you for all you and your staff are doing in this moment of crisis. We are lucky to have...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Sat. March 14, 2020 The Virginia Interfaith Center calls on Governor Northam to make hospitals “immigration enforcement-free zones” to protect our undocumented neighbors during this public health crisis “We are...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, March 8, 2020 Contact: Roberta Oster, 804-615-4192 Roberta@virginiainterfaithcenter.org Paid Sick Days bill (SB 481) fails – putting the health of ALL Virginians at risk This afternoon, on the day the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, March 8, 2020 The Virginia Interfaith Center calls on legislators to protect public health and pass a paid sick day bill today “On the same day that the first Virginian tested positive for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 CONTACTS: Lenace Edwards: ledwards@local25now.org Roberta Oster: roberta@virginiainterfaithcenter.org Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Senate Fix a Bill that Would Force Working Women to Wait over a Decade before Earning...
NEWS RELEASE African American Clergy Will Host Prayer Vigil Calling on Legislators to Support an Equitable Minimum Wage and Honor Historically Underpaid Workers during Black History Month Wed. Feb. 19, 2020 at 10:45...
NEWS RELEASE Widespread Flu Endangers Workers with No Paid Sick Days “Parents without paid sick days send their children to school sick. I see it all the time. The kids may have the flu,...
NEWS RELEASE Small Business Owners Say their Faith Calls them to Support Raising the Minimum Wage Virginia Interfaith Center Delivers their Letter to Legislators at the General Assembly RICHMOND – Feb. 6, 2020 –...
NEWS RELEASE This Sunday – faith leaders & activists will host prayer vigils at Check City & Fast Auto Loans to protest predatory lending in Richmond RICHMOND, Feb. 1, 2020 Faith leaders, students and community...
NEWS RELEASE Virginia Interfaith Center will bring 300 faith leaders and advocates to lobby at the General Assembly on Wed. Jan. 22, 2020 for “Day for All People” “This is one of the most exciting days...
NEWS RELEASE Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy to announce 2020 legislative agenda Mon. Jan. 13, 10 a.m. – House Briefing Room RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) will...
NEWS RELEASE Faith leaders will host a “pray-in” to protest predatory lending outside of Title Max in Yorktown – Mon., Jan. 6, 4:20 p.m. “As people of faith and conscience, we cannot look the...
STATEMENT Response to Governor Northam’s Executive Order 38 November 22, 2019 RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) is pleased to see the release today of Governor Northam’s Executive Order Number...
NEWS RELEASE October 29, 2019 Statement from Kim Bobo, Director of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, on the U.S. government’s decision to extend Temporary Protected Status to Salvadorans living in the U.S. There is good news for...
NEWS RELEASE August 29, 2019 Virginia Interfaith Center to Launch “Paid Sick Days for all Virginians” Campaign Bring your tissues! Press conference – Thursday, Sept. 5, 11 a.m. House Briefing Room, Pocahontas Building,...
NEWS RELEASE August 26, 2019 Virginia Interfaith Center Announces Honorees for Annual Celebration & Awards Benefit RICHMOND – On September 19, 2019, the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) will honor community and faith leaders who have made extraordinary contributions advocating immigrant justice, economic...
NEWS RELEASE – STATEMENT The Virginia Interfaith Center Condemns Trump’s “Inhumane” Policy “The rich may struggle to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but they’ll have an easier time getting into the United States, based...
NEWS RELEASE “Witness & Lament” interfaith vigil to lament the treatment of asylum seekers and immigrants and call for healing and justice Sunday, August 11, 2019, 4 pm at Temple Beth-El, 3330 Grove Ave.,...
NEWS RELEASE July 9, 2019 Interfaith Environmental Justice Worship Service at the Bell Tower – Thurs, July 11 at noon RICHMOND, VA – Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (VAIPL) will host an interfaith...
NEWS RELEASE Virginia Medicaid Recipients Share their Stories in New Digital Storybook RICHMOND – Moving stories of Virginians whose lives were changed when they received Medicaid, are now part of an American Cancer Society (ACS)...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2019, after 4 PM Faith Leaders & Organizers Bus Tour to Explore Environmental Racism in Hampton Roads NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH, & CHESAPEAKE, Virginia – On a bus tour Wednesday afternoon, clergy and...
NEWS RELEASE Celebrate Legislative Champion: Delegate Lashrecse Aird on Thursday, June 6, 5:30-7 p.m. in Petersburg The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) will celebrate Delegate Lashrecse Aird (D-3rd, Petersburg) for her commitment to...