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Reflections on the summer: Maternal Health and Civic Engagement

Aleshia Williams has been an intern through InterVarsity in Summer 2023. She is a rising third-year student at UVA, majoring in African and African American Studies. Over the last few months, she’s been able...

Read more July 21, 2023 at 12:59 pm Sheila Herlihy

The Virginia Woman at the Foundation of Protecting Patient Autonomy

By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director, Health Equity Program Manager PHOTO CAPTION: Dora Muhammad with four granddaughters of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks and family at the 2017 symposium, “Issues of Blood: Rights & Responsibilities –...

Read more April 28, 2021 at 8:41 am Dora

Escorting the Elephant Out of the COVID Vaccine Room

By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director, Health Equity Program Manager PHOTO: VICPP Health Equity Program Manager Dora Muhammad participates in a state-run pop-up vaccination clinic held at First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries...

Read more April 6, 2021 at 7:37 pm Dora

A Pathway to Citizenship is a Health and Justice Intervention for Undocumented Essential Workers

By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director, Health Equity Program Manager More than 100 people participated in our Day of All People listening session held Jan. 21st with immigrant leaders of LA RED (Liberation, Action,...

Read more February 10, 2021 at 11:50 am Dora

We’re Still Pushing for Prenatal Care for All Mothers

By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director, Health Equity Program Manager, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — In several days, Christians will culminate the holy observance of Advent in celebration of the birth of...

Read more December 23, 2020 at 6:31 am Dora

Hope Heroes: Nurse Alexis Smith

By Alexis Smith, a nurse at the Kaiser Permanente satellite emergency room in Tysons Corner, Va. I don’t know how I got COVID. The first patient I swabbed for the coronavirus was in March,...

Read more October 31, 2020 at 8:46 am Dora

Care Can’t Wait: Vital Virginia Medicaid Budget Amendments Need to Be Funded

By Dora Muhammad, VICPP Congregation Engagement Director — Medicaid turns 55 tomorrow (July 30, 2020).  For more than half a century, this federal program has improved the health of millions by providing affordable health care...

Read more July 29, 2020 at 12:36 pm Roberta Oster

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. ...

Read more May 26, 2020 at 6:00 pm Roberta Oster

TAKE ACTION: Protect Virginia’s Essential Workers

VICPP is grateful for all the good work the Governor and his team are doing, but we remain concerned that not enough protection is being provided to Virginia's essential workers. As we talk about...

Read more May 12, 2020 at 2:50 pm Ayesha Taylor

Black and Native Women Dying to Give Birth

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...

Read more October 2, 2019 at 1:22 pm Roberta Oster
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