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~ November 2021 Update ~
Hello, CTTT-RVA Family!

This month and periodically going forward we will share our most important news in an abbreviated and simplified format. Enjoy!

You will continue to receive separate invitations to our larger events and smaller circles, according to the mailing lists you are subscribed to.
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You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument.
"The Black people I come from were owned and raped by the White people I come from. Who dares to tell me to celebrate them?" We'll explore together in facilitated conversation this provocative and moving NY Times opinion piece from 06/26/2020 by Caroline Randall Williams.

We're honored and inspired that Bonita Kirk will share her own spoken word piece related to this topic.
3rd Tuesday Gathering
11/16/21 6:30 - 8:30 pm ET
On Zoom
Calls To Action
Nov 18, 2021 - 6:00 PM

Let's Get Ready!
The 2022 General Assembly will gavel in on January 12th. Join VICPP on 11/18/21 for a briefing on the status of our campaigns and priority bills, participation in constituent meetings with legislators, and becoming a Witness at the Capitol once the legislative session begins.  
Grocery Workers Can Use A Helping Hand

On Saturday, November 20, 2021, the VA Paid Sick Days Coalition and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy are sponsoring short actions outside Food Lion Stores to highlight the need for grocery store workers to have paid sick days.

VICPP has created a sample program for the event and handouts to share with shoppers. Click HERE for resources and a schedule of events.
Aiming for Juctice: Race Reparations and Right Path

Dec 13 and 14, 2021 (pre-workshop sessions);
workshops begin proper in January 2022

Designed by Black feminist scholar-activist K. Melchor Quick Hall, the month-long workshop will be facilitated by - and offered for - US-based, white inheritors of wealth.
Rallying For Virginia's Youth and Families

Join us at the State Capitol where we will recognize the past and mobilize present-day solutions to mobilize Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream. This event is for allies, advocates, and activists in the pursuit of racial healing and social justice to come together in solidarity in re-imaging a world true to Dr. King’s vision outlined in the I Have a Dream speech.
Though the COVID -19 pandemic did not create the stark social, financial, and political inequalities that define life for many Americans, it has made them more strikingly visible than any moment in recent history. Moderated by Kimberlé Crenshaw, AAPF’s “Under The Blacklight” series seeks to interrupt the narratives, political decisions, and histories that serve as the conditions of possibility for COVID-19’s destruction.