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How CTTT-RVA is making a difference:
VOTE EARLY!
DONATE WINTER GOODS!
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EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE
Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield
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City of Richmond
Registrar's Office - (804) 646-5950
Early Voting Locations:
September 18 - October 23
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)
Voting Location: - City Registrar's New Office ONLY - 2134 W. Laburnum Ave
October 24-October 31
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (including Saturdays):
- 2134 W. Laburnum Ave - New Registrar's Office
- 900 E. Broad St - (City Hall)
- Hickory Hill Center - 3000 E. Belt Blvd
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Henrico County
Registrar's Office - (804) 501-4347
8:00 am - 4:30 pm Sept 18 - Oct 31
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Any Sat in Oct. except Oct 3rd
Early Voting Locations:
East End - 3820 E. Nine Mile Road
West End - 4305 E. Parham Road
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Chesterfield County
Registrar's Office - (804) 748-1471
Early Voting Locations:
8:30 am - 5:00 pm - 9848 Lori Road - (Mon-Friday); and last two Saturdays before the election (Oct. 24 and Oct. 31) from 9 am to 5 pm
Satellite Early Voting Locations:
10:00 am - 8:00 pm - (Mon - Friday - 10/19 - 10/31); and Saturdays 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (10/19 - 10/31)
- North Courthouse Road Library
- LaPrade Library - 9000 Hull Street Rd.
- Meadowdale Library - 4301 Meadowdale Blvd.
- Ettrick-Matoaca Library - 4501 River Rd.
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We are fast approaching another election here in the United States and the ability to cast a vote is one of the greatest privileges and rights anyone can have in the world. Remember, every vote counts! If you don't believe me, check out these true stories of how one vote made all the difference.
- In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes became President of the United States by winning the electoral college vote, 185-184!
- During the 1910 elections for New York's congressional district, Charles B. Smith polled 20,685 votes while his opponent received 20,684. It was the only congressional race in history decided by one vote.
- In 1795, Congress voted 42-41 to make all laws written in English only. There was a proposal to make all laws in both English and German, but one vote made all the difference.
- In 1868, President Andrew Johnson was not convicted and impeached by one vote shy of a required Senate 2/3 majority.
- On April 17, 1999, President Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India lost the confidence of the Parliament by a single vote. It had never happened in history before and has not happened since.
Check out this website:
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Touchstone: "Oops!" & "Ouch" |
Yesterday I talked someone’s ear off about CTTT-RVA (sorry, Ros!) and learned what I believe about our “Oops and Ouch” touchstone in the process: I get as much as I give.
For the uninitiated, our Touchstones are guidelines we do our best to follow in all of our conversations. All 13 of them are listed in full on the national Coming To The Table website, and facilitators refer to them as they set the stage and tone for our discussions. I’ve always liked that saying “oops” or “ouch” was an option, but yesterday’s conversation made me realize why.
“Oops!” is the simplest verbal admission -- no excuses or rationalizations -- of a mistake I have made. It is an immediate realization, unfiltered by ego or agenda. It is child-like, big-eyed honesty and comes only because of concern over hurting another and damaging a relationship. It is an expression of vulnerability with hope of forgiveness.
“Ouch!” is the flip side. It is the child’s immediate, unfiltered admission of vulnerability. Your words have an effect on me. They hurt me (or my friend). It requires a level of trust that the speaker cares about my feelings for me to blurt out “Ouch!” It might expose my weakness, over-sensitivity, or fragility, and the grown-up world seems to value only stoicism, anger, and toughness.
Most of this I knew before my conversation yesterday. What was new for me was how much I, as a leader and facilitator, benefit by offering these honest, trusting, child-like responses to other participants. As relationships blossom and understanding grows through the "oops" and "ouch" moments, my own trust level is deepened. I find a new freedom to risk. I will make mistakes, fall flat and disappoint myself and others. But a community that says "oops" and "ouch" doesn’t limit its forgiveness. We are all in the same Circle, at the same Table, in a room where perfection isn’t the goal - Building Relationship is.
Go, Touchstones!!
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Sign Up to become a Coming To The Table national member
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We encourage all CTTT - RVA members to also become members of Coming To The Table at the national level. Our local chapter is part of a big family all across our nation, under a collective umbrella.
As a member of Coming To The Table, you become part of a nationwide community committed to truth-telling, transformation and liberation.
There's no membership fee to join Coming To The Table, but the ability for CTTT to meet ever-growing needs, including providing support to our local chapter, DOES depend on the generous financial support of our members. So we hope you will contribute financially, as you are able!
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Volunteering with CTTT - RVA is a wonderful opportunity to get involved and connect with others. The work you contribute is always valued as we pursue our mission of a just and truthful society that acknowledges and seeks to heal from the racial wounds of the past. We especially need those wanting to be trained and mentored as facilitators (all races, ages, genders) and we need some help behind the scenes with things like maintaining our mailing lists, for instance.
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Featured Video And Articles
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Check out the featured video and articles below to help further the conversation on racism and its impact.
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Book Circle Meeting Report |
The CTTT - RVA Book Circle recently discussed From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century by William Darity, Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen. Participants were unanimous in their support for reparations and in recognizing the difficulties with making them happen. Here are some of the observations made during the discussion:
To have reparations that can happen, people need to acknowledge the wrong that’s been done which has not stopped; that would be a good start for a reparations movement. There is a precedence for getting reparations for Black people. The barrier that's holding reparations back is the attitude of Whites toward Blacks.
Opposition to reparations is often founded in the omission or glossing over of this country’s racist history. Making this history known is key to achieving meaningful reparations progress.
We don’t need to know how. We need to begin. Education is key. We must all be educated about our real history. Then we have a foundation for doing the work.
We need to correct the miseducation of our history.
As we fill in the gaps in our own knowledge of history, we can move our society toward an acceptance of reparations through our everyday interactions with other people.
Loving others who have not come to the idea of reparations. We can tell our own stories.
We don’t need everyone on board. We just need a critical mass of people who believe in positive change. Big and incremental changes have meaning. We need to keep the optimism.
USE YOUR PURCHASE POWER. Be intentional about buying from Black vendors!!!
When you don’t know the history of the people you sit with, you can’t develop empathy for their continuing suffering.
Participants enjoyed the forum that the Book Circle and other CTTT - RVA events provide to allow for an honest and open exchange of ideas. Read More...
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Racial Unrest, Sports Protests Continue the
"Outcry for Racial and Social Justice"
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Issues brought to the forefront by protests and racial unrest this year have created a rebirth of the civil rights movement, according to a panel of Richmond journalists and African American leaders....READ MORE (WATCH)
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“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”
~~ W.E.B. Du Bois
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