The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy will participate in an summit conference in Norfolk focusing on lowering poverty and raising economic opportunities. “Cutting Poverty and Building Opportunity in Virginia: A Summit for Stakeholders”...
Virginia Consumer Voices for Healthcare staff participated in today’s Metro Richmond Senior Day at Byrd Park, distributing information on access to healthcare. Here Cassandra Shaw poses with Richmond City Council member Parker Agelasto. #HealthcareMatters
The Rev. Charles Swadley (right) of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy speaks briefly during the reception following the Interfaith Voices Against Violence service on April 8 at Asbury United Methodist Church in...
Here is the April VICPP Newsletter: VICPPP_Newsletter_1_4
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and the Virginia Council of Churches are calling on Virginia’s elected leaders – and all citizens – to renew our commitment to religious freedom and pluralism and...
A recap of how our Policy Priorities fared The 2016 General Assembly was a long (60-day) session, that adjourned sine die on March 12. The session was marked by policy differences between Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s...
Last week members of the House and Senate conference committee delivered their biennium budget conference report. This budget includes many advances for Virginia, most significantly, additional funding for our public education system, a 2%...
This is the final week of the 2016 General Assembly session. Last Tuesday the House and Senate ceremoniously rejected the opposing house’s version of the budget so that the details of the biennium budget...
The VICPP newsletter for March is now ready for view as a pdf file: VICPPP_Newsletter_1_3
Comments from Rabbi Beifield: Two central ideas underlie the abiding Jewish commitment to provide health care to all of God’s children. The first is Judaism’s teaching that an individual human life is of infinite...