The Baptists and the yogis join to fight a pipeline
Written by Gregory Schneider | The Washington Post
Pastor Paul was nursing a sore throat, but as he preached on a sleepy Sunday morning in his little country church, he felt a rising sense of urgency.
Virginia high school named after Confederate general to change name
Written by Jacqueline Thomsen | The Hill
A Virginia high school named after a Confederate general is preparing to change its name. It was July 2015 and Stephen Spitz asked me to help them with a petition to change the name of J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia. He was hoping to name the school after Justice Thurgood Marshall who lived in the neighborhood. Now 3 years later the name officially changes on July 1st.
J.E.B. Stuart High School in Fairfax will become Justice High School on July 1, USA Today reported Friday.
Federal court rules against Va. House in racial gerrymandering case, orders new districting plan by Oct. 30
Written by Graham Moomaw | Richmond Times Dispatch
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the Virginia House of Delegates unconstitutionally packed African-American voters into 11 legislative districts and ordered the General Assembly to draw new district lines by Oct. 30.
They came to march; they came to sing. They came on buses, in caravans and carpools from New Mexico, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and all parts of the country with poor people.
New "Zero" Tolerance Policies Are Incompatible with Basic Human Decency
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A few weeks ago, I attended a gathering of faith leaders from across the Richmond, Va. region. Speaker after speaker — including a scholar at a conservative think tank and two Republican politicians — blamed social ills like the opioid epidemic on “family breakdown” and the decline of religion in America.
The Didlake Workers Still Standing Strong After 3 Weeks
This is Week 5 of the Poor People's Campaign: 40 Days or Moral Revival. The theme this week is Everybody's Got a Right to Live. On Tuesday, June 12th (Primary Election Day in Virginia) striking Didlake workers were again on the picket line; however today they were joined by fellow Virginians supporting their cause. Among those supporters joining them was Rev. William Barber of the National Poor People's Campaign. Rev. Barber introduced himself to every worker standing on the picket line and then had some words to share.
The workers at Didlake went on strike three weeks ago when their employer refused to recognize their vote to form a union. Didlake, whose stated mission is to “enrich the lives of people with disabilities,” is forbidding its own employees from unionizing because they were hired through a federal program for disabled workers.
Poor People’s Campaign Building Toward June 23 in DC
Written by Ted Glick | Beyond Extreme Energy
“We aim to shift the distorted moral narrative often promoted by religious extremists in the nation from issues like prayer in school, abortion and gun rights to one that is concerned with how our society treats the poor, those on the margins, the least of these, LGBTQIA folks, workers, immigrants, the disabled and the sick; equality and representation under the law; and the desire for peace, love and harmony within and among nations. We are committed to lifting up and deepening the leadership of those most affected by systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation and to building unity across lines of division.”
-from Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Fundamental Principles
Contact Us at virginia@poorpeoplescampaign.org
