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Toxic Injustice: Ecological Crisis in Marginalized Communities, By Robert Dilday

READ THE STORY HERE: Virginia Episcopalian Article By Robert Dilday Toxic Injustice: When Marginalized Communities Bear the Burden of Environmental Hazards Dominion Energy wants to build a huge, noisy, dangerous fracked-gas compressor station in...

Read more May 24, 2019 at 3:17 pm Roberta Oster

A Prayer for Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) 

By, Rabbi David Katz of Temple Beth El of Williamsburg, Virginia —   Ribbono shel Olam – Master of the Universe: On this most solemn of occasions, we have opened our hearts, minds, and...

Read more May 2, 2019 at 2:57 pm Roberta Oster

How would you respond to the bell ringing of lepers?

By Dora Muhammad, Health Equity Manager, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — In today’s climate of escalating terrorist attacks against houses of worship while believers are gathered together in sacred prayer, the spirit...

Read more May 1, 2019 at 10:52 am Roberta Oster

“Our ancestors’ voices are begging us to stand up”

By Beth Roach, Guest Column, The Virginia Mercury, April 22, 2019 Serving as the vice chair of Gov. Ralph Northam’s Advisory Council on Environmental Justice has given me a unique perspective on equity and...

Read more April 25, 2019 at 4:51 pm Roberta Oster

“Thou Shalt Not Steal” – Kim Bobo speech at Tax Fraud Day of Action Rally

By, Kim Bobo, Executive Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy  Speech delivered on April 15, 2019, at the “Tax Fraud Day of Action” rally in Richmond   “Do not take advantage of a...

Read more April 17, 2019 at 8:33 am Roberta Oster

Va Interfaith Center Supports Carpenters’ Rally Against Tax Fraud -April 15, 3:30PM

Tax Fraud Rally – April 15, 3:30 pm on the Virginia Capitol steps On Tax Day, April 15, the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) will stand in solidarity with the United Brotherhood...

Read more April 12, 2019 at 3:43 pm Roberta Oster

2019 Candidate Questionnaire

Below are questions about Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s (VICPP) likely 2020 priority issues. If two or more candidates in a district complete the questionnaire during either the primary or the general election...

Read more April 9, 2019 at 4:26 pm Roberta Oster

VA Interfaith Center Defeats a Bill that would Allow Weapons in Houses of Worship

By Julie Swanson,   For the second time in two years, the Virginia Legislature failed to pass a bill that would have allowed anyone to carry dangerous weapons, including guns, in houses of worship. ...

Read more March 21, 2019 at 3:11 pm Roberta Oster

Virginia Interfaith Center Statement about the Terrorist Attacks at Mosques in New Zealand

Our hearts are broken for another instance of violence and hatred in our world. We express our deepest condolences for our Muslim brothers and sisters at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque in Christchurch,...

Read more March 15, 2019 at 10:17 pm Roberta Oster

Policy Director’s 2019 GA Legislative Recap

By Benjamin Hoyne, Policy Director, VICPP.    The chaotic and unsettling 2019 session of the Virginia General Assembly (GA) has come and gone. Marked by scandals enveloping three statewide elected officials in Richmond, the...

Read more March 12, 2019 at 3:42 pm Roberta Oster
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