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Home > Posts by Lakeisha Cook

My Ramadan, My Islam: Ramadan’s Interfaith Roots

Against the backdrop of VICPP team members observing the holiest days of their different faith traditions, VICPP Director of Communications Ayesha Gilani Taylor offers her perspective in a blog post as a Muslim observing...

Read more April 13, 2022 at 5:30 am Lakeisha Cook

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...

Read more May 18, 2020 at 4:48 pm Lakeisha Cook

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...

Read more May 12, 2020 at 2:50 pm Lakeisha Cook

1619-2019: Acknowledging the Complete American History Narrative

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...

Read more August 21, 2019 at 11:49 am Lakeisha Cook

Reform and expand Medicaid in Virginia

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...

Read more November 23, 2015 at 9:38 am Lakeisha Cook

House Speaker wants new commission to study retirement system, reforms

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...

Read more November 23, 2015 at 9:34 am Lakeisha Cook

Virginia needs Medicaid expansion

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...

Read more November 23, 2015 at 9:33 am Lakeisha Cook

Roanoke mayor apologizes for suggesting internment for Syrian refugees

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...

Read more November 23, 2015 at 9:31 am Lakeisha Cook

Meeting about Virginia mosque exposes deep divide

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...

Read more November 23, 2015 at 9:15 am Lakeisha Cook

Call to Action: Healthcare Access as a Moral Imperative featured in Richmond Times Dispatch!

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!...

Read more July 2, 2015 at 10:02 am Lakeisha Cook
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