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The Virginia Environmental Justice Collaborative (VEJC) was created in 2015 when four organizations (The Southeast CARE Coalition,  Appalachian Voices, the Federal Policy Office of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and …

An initiative spearheaded by United Parents Against Lead & Other Environmental Hazards (UPAL) to construct a meditative garden labyrinth in the Broad Rock community recently received a $25,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoors…

By Amy Traub Many observers were surprised when workers at Amazon’s warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama filed for a union election in October 2020. It’s not that workers’ dissatisfaction was unexpected;…

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC.org What is Fully Vaccinated? People are considered fully vaccinated: 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, like the Pfizer…

By Bernard Freeman So many people have adopted new pets during the COVID-19 pandemic that some shelters actually ran out of adoptable animals. That’s great news for those lucky pets.…

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis I believe The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words from the past are still true and relevant today: “Peace is not the absence of…

By Angela Sailor For African Americans, learning and knowledge has been—and continues to be—the drumline of survival and success. Enslaved black families knew this. It’s why they risked severe punishment by…

DINWIDDIE VA – You Can Do It, Just Put Your Mind to It! is a new children’s book by Dinwiddie native, Ashley Clarke, that shows the power of exercise to…

By Chandra Thomas Whitfield Stop by John Boyd Jr.’s 1,300-acre farm in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on any given day—especially in the early morning hours—and you’re bound to catch him perched…

By Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen As a physician of color, I am well aware of the history of scientific experimentation in the African American community. Tuskegee and the Henrietta Lacks…