Hope Heroes: Nurse Terry O’Connor
By Terry O’Connor, a nurse at Novant Health UVA, Prince William Hospital and Health Care Hope Ambassador — I was called for a time such as this. This is what I signed up for. ...
College internship opportunity: Civic Engagement Summer Program!
By Lauren O’Neil, Communications Intern, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, (photo: Lauren and other UVA students canvassing to Get Out the Vote) — The night before the recent November elections, I was so excited...
“None of us are Safe until All of us are Safe”
By, Doris Crouse-Mays, President, Virginia AFL-CIO –It is time to address the safety of workers in Virginia who are putting their lives on the line during this pandemic. Frontline workers and those providing other essential services are facing unsafe conditions day...
COVID-19 Demands We Address the Health Implications of Racism
By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director — Photo: My mother at a 1984 union protest in front of Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York — In early April when the Centers for Disease Control...
Why I Watch “Virginia Interfaith LIVE!”
By Julia Gravely — “Tell me how people treat nature, and I’ll tell you what they think about what it means to be human.”- Rev. Dr. Faith Harris — Across the globe, the COVID-19...
“Masks are how we show love”
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...
Protecting our Elections is a Priority
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...
Quarantining is a Privilege
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,...
COVID-19: Message to Interfaith Communities
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...
News Release – Wed. Feb. 19, 10:45 a.m. African American Clergy Prayer Vigil to Support an Equitable Minimum Wage
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....
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