The Virginia Pilot, Nov. 25, 2019 – op-ed by Kendyl Crawford, director of Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (a program of VICPP) — At the beginning of this month, the federal government added to...
By Dora Muhammad, Health Equity Manager, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — For the past year, I have worked across the Commonwealth of Virginia to educate congregations and community members about Medicaid expansion...
Imagine a random Wednesday when you wake up and aren’t feeling well. You’ve got a cough or a fever and you know you should stay home from work so that you don’t get other people...
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...
Have you talked to restaurant workers? Eighty-one percent of them have no paid sick days. Here are four of their stories. We’ve changed their names so they don’t lose their jobs. Virginia Interfaith Center...
By Rabbi Michael Knopf, Temple Beth-El, Richmond, Virginia Sunday, August 4, 2019 — As I turned on the news following Shabbat, I was devastated by the dissonance of transitioning from a Shabbat Shalom,...
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) Health Equity Manager Dora Muhammad joined Alexandria Bratton, Program Manager at the Virginia Civic Engagement Table (VCET), for the 2020 Census Community Townhall convened July 23, by...
By Dora Muhammad, VICPP Health Equity Manager — In the center of the horseshoe driveway, a metal sculpture draws your attention. Shrubs surround the artistic expression entitled, “Industry vs. Nature.” It depicts two robotic...
By Lynette Juluke, Health Ministry President, First Mount Zion Baptist Church (Dumfries) Have you ever had an opportunity to volunteer at an event that you thought would be just an ‘OK’ event? Have you...
Senator Lionell Spruill, Sr. (D-5th, Chesapeake City, Norfolk City) was honored by more than 40 people at a legislative champion at a luncheon at the First Baptist Church in Norfolk on Thursday. (Photo: L-R,...