After hearing from public speakers that among other things compared masks to child abuse, Hanover County’s School Board overruled the system’s superintendent and voted 4-3 against requiring students or staff to wear masks for the 2021-22 school year.
UMD Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, & Health 2021 Symposium
The 7th UMD Symposium on Environmental Justice & Health Disparities (#UMDejsymposium2021) will convene numerous community members, nonprofit organizers, and researchers for an in-depth examination of ongoing environmental justice and health disparity issues...
WP 8/4/21: Why African American residents-turned-activists are trying to block a supermarket chain from building a warehouse in rural Virginia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/08/04/why-are-african-american-residents-this-small-town-determined-block-wegmans-warehouse/
“What is Critical Race Theory?” Video Recording
Link to video recording of "What is Critical Race Theory?" presentation on July 29, 2021 at the Mechanicsville Library. https://vimeo.com/582799409
RTD 7/27/21: Hanover organizations to host “The Truth About Critical Race Theory” community forum Thursday night
"Critical race theory, the polarizing decades-old academic construct that's recently become a flashpoint for everyone from kindergarten moms to high-ranking politicians, is the subject of a Hanover County community forum on Thursday."...
LOST YOUR COVID-19 VACCINATION CARD?
How to request a record of your COVID-19 vaccinations: You can either email the Virginia Immunization Information System (VIIS) help desk at vaccinerecord@vdh.virginia.gov or call the VIIS Help Desk at 1-866-375-9795 to request an “OFFICIAL RECORD” of your COVID-19...
Bay Journal 7/19/21: Mega-warehouses take toll on environment, localities
If you have ordered something online and been amazed when it arrives at your doorstep the next day, you can probably thank a super-sized warehouse.
Virginia NAACP Applauds Efforts to Achieve Universal Broadband by 2024; Reaffirms Repeated Request to Fully-Fund Virginia’s HBCUs
RICHMOND - Virginia State Conference NAACP President Robert N. Barnette, Jr. issued the following statement following last week’s announcement by Governor Ralph Northam outlining his plan to invest $700 million in American Rescue Plan funding to expedite the...
Brown Grove Residents Speak Out Against Permit for Wegmans Distribution Center
Hanover County NAACP Thanks Chickahominy Health District
On Friday, June 25, 2021, Hanover Supervisors and other leaders hosted workers and volunteers who helped run the COVID Vaccination Clinic in Ashland. Hanover County NAACP took this opportunity to thank the Chickahominy Health District for their efforts to make sure...