By, Margaret Edds The Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook smiled at several hundred participants attending the annual Day for All People legislative lobbying day of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy this past January. Then,...
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...
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...