Black Pastors Help Win the Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Virginia “This monumental victory to abolish the death penalty in Virginia is a significant step in acknowledging the racist legacy of capital...
#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,...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
