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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
By Monica Lewis, an activist with Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and Virginia Interfaith Power & Light — It is not always obvious how laws and policies affect our lives. Unless we are...
By, Roberta Oster, Communications Director for the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — Armed with quotes from scripture and posters that read, “All Faiths Believe in Justice,” faith leaders and activists have been...
By Roberta Oster, Communications Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — “The path of nonviolence drew the clergy together. Across our many religious traditions, we are joined today on the path of peace.”...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 6, 2020 Contact: Roberta Oster roberta@virginiainterfaithcenter.org Communications Director, 804-615-4192 Faith Leaders and Activists Held Prayer Vigil outside Title Max to Stop Predatory Lending Practices (VIDEO EMBEDDED IN STORY) Jan....
Advocate social justice from your phone or laptop – Wed., Jan. 8 – March 5, 2020 In just a few minutes a day, you can make a huge difference by sharing updates about critical legislation...