Jan. 10 – News Update from the GA
Jan. 10 – Day 2 of the General Assembly The VICPP policy team was pounding the pavement at the General Assembly today focused on 2 issues… (L-R: Ben Hoyne, Amanda Silcox, Kim Bobo) 1....
Jan. 9 – News Update from the GA
Jan. 9, 2019 – Day 1 of the General Assembly The team from Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy participated in events across the city – sharing our legislative agenda and joining with our...
Legislative Priorities for the 2019 General Assembly
2019 General Assembly Priorities Welcoming All: The U.S. is not a very welcoming place for immigrants and minority faith traditions right now. VICPP opposes anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies and advocates policies in...
Delivering Health Care Hope in 2019
By, Dora Muhammad, VICPP Health Care Organizer — After launching Health Care Hope this past September, our Medicaid expansion outreach campaign took us around the Commonwealth engaging with faith leaders, congregations, community leaders, local...
Interfaith Organizations Merge, Strengthening Focus on Justice
Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) and Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (VAIPL) merged on Dec. 17, 2018, joining forces to advocate social, economic and environmental justice across Virginia. This partnership helps to...
Medicaid Expansion Is Not Fake News, It’s Good News
By Dora Muhammad, Health Care Hope Organizer for VICPP — What would you say to a pastor who does not believe that Medicaid expansion is happening? I am confronted with this reality this week....
What We are Thankful for Depends on What Story We are Telling
By Rev. Lauren Ramseur, Bon Air Presbyterian Church — Sermon: “My father was a wandering Aramean” Deuteronomy 26:1-11 November 18, 2018 This is a story time of year. I am a mother of two...
A Teenager’s Response to Anti-Semitism
By Claudia Sachs, Richmond, VA — When I first heard about the murder of eleven Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, I was outraged, but not surprised. Part of me wanted...
My Connection to the Squirrel Hill Community in Pittsburgh
Reflections by VICPP member, Jamie Conrad — I’ve lived in Alexandria, Virginia since 1985. But I’ve been deeply affected by the shootings in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh because, until 1965, when...
Alexandria Living Wage Certification Program News
By Daniel Williams, University of Richmond Student and Bonner Scholar — With spirits raised following Mayor Allison Silberberg’s inspirational remarks at their first meeting, the Alexandria Living Wage Committee in partnership with Virginia Interfaith...
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