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Was Loving v. Virginia really about love?
Fifty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws banning interracial marriage, but the issues involved in the case extended beyond its current popular understanding as a tribute to romance. OSAGIE K. OBASOGIE Interracial marriage is at a historic high. According to a recent Pew Research Center report, couples with different racial backgrounds made up one in six new marriages in 2015—a stark change from previous eras when even looking at someone across the color line with a hint of romance could be a matter of life or death. This radical shift is largely attributed to the Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia, which marks its 50th anniversary on June 12. In Loving, the Court struck down state laws banning interracial marriage, holding that such restrictions are unconstitutional. Loving is widely praised as a case about law ceding to the power of love in the face of astonishing harassment and bigotry endured by interracial couples. The redemptive trope coming out of the Loving decision that love conquers all has also influenced other social movements, such as those leading to Obergefell v. Hodges—the 2015 Supreme Court decision recognizing same-sex marriage. The 1967 Loving decision therefore is often celebrated as an affirmation of love that made America a better and more progressive society. There’s just one problem. Love is not what the case was really about. At issue in the Loving decision was Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited interracial marriage and paved the way for a series of state laws designed to prevent racial mixing. Anti-miscegenation laws had been
Mildred and Richard Loving in the 1960s. common in Virginia for centuries. But what often becomes lost in discussions about Loving is that this particular act was signed into law on the very same day the Virginia legislature passed another act that allowed the state to forcibly sterilize people with disabilities, including people labeled with derogatory medical terms such as “feebleminded.” Questions concerning the lawfulness of Virginia’s forced sterilization law led to another landmark Supreme Court decision in 1927, Buck v. Bell, in which the Court upheld its legality with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes infamously declaring “three generations of imbeciles are enough.” Virginia’s dual passage of racial integrity and sterilization acts in 1924 highlighted another concern held by lawmakers beyond that of interracial love: the perception that the white race was in danger of being
weakened by inferior traits and that laws were needed to promote good racial hygiene and public health. As legal historian Paul Lombardo notes, these acts showed how marriage restrictions and forced sterilization were deeply connected strategies for promoting a broader agenda of eugenics—a popular social and political standpoint in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that used science, law, and medicine to weed out groups with what were taken to be hereditary defects (disability, poverty, criminality, etc.). Eugenics had been practiced in many nations across the globe and took various forms, including immigration restrictions, incarceration, and the genocides seen during the Holocaust. Supporters worked to encourage the demographic growth of so-called superior people of a predictable class, race, and ethnicity. Eugenics was a failed political
attempt at giving intellectual and scientific cover to what was nothing more than the gross racism and stigmatization of disadvantaged groups. The Supreme Court, in Loving, euphemistically referred to the time when these laws were passed as a “period of extreme nativism which followed the end of the First World War.” Tied closely to this nativism was the eugenic rearticulation of old entrenched biases that were not only skeptical of foreigners, but deeply invested in controlling reproduction as a means of preserving power for a particular slice of white America. Within this context, it becomes clear that the issues involved in Loving extended beyond its current popular understanding as a tribute to romance. Indeed, for a case heralded for being about the boundless nature
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Racial disparities in marijuana arrests seen across Va.
CNS - Hanover County, just north of Richmond, has about 88,000 white residents, and in an average year, 246 white residents are arrested there for marijuana possession. That represents a rate of 280 white arrests for every 100,000 white residents. About 9,600 African-Americans also live in Hanover County, and in an average year, 171 black residents are arrested there for marijuana possession. That represents a rate of 1,779 black arrests for every 100,000 black residents. Statistically, that means African Americans are more than six times as likely as white residents to be arrested for possessing marijuana in Hanover County. That is an extreme example of a pattern throughout Virginia: Statewide, black residents are about three times as likely as white residents to be arrested on marijuana charges, according to a Capital News Service analysis of data from the Virginia State Police. The analysis looked at records on more than 160,000 arrests by local and state law enforcement agencies from 2010 through 2016. It found that the racial disparity in marijuana arrest rates has increased over the years: In 2010, the arrest rate for African Americans was 2.9 times the arrest rate for white residents; in 2016, black residents were 3.2 times as likely as white residents to be arrested on marijuana charges. The statistics suggest that in many localities, the enforcement of marijuana laws has a disproportionate impact on AfricanAmericans – even though studies show that black and white residents use marijuana at roughly the same rates. Previous studies by other groups also found differences in marijuana arrest rates between black and white residents. In 2015, for example, the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports legalizing marijuana, issued a report on “racial disparities in marijuana arrests in Virginia” between 2003 and 2013. “Black Virginians have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana law enforcement despite constituting only 20 percent of the state’s population and using marijuana at a similar rate as white Virginians,” the study found. The report was written by Jon Gettman, a criminal justice professor at Shenandoah University
in Winchester, Virginia, and a researcher and analyst of marijuana policy issues. In explaining the racial disparities, he said marijuana possession is a crime of indiscretion, meaning people get arrested because they’re at the wrong place at the wrong time. “It’s not necessarily that the minority group of blacks are targeted for increased arrests but that the areas where they live have a lot more police patrols and a lot more police activity,” Gettman said. “I think it may have a lot to do with where police patrols are more frequent and where policing is more aggressive – and that may very well be because there’s more crime in particular regions.” Arresting disproportionate numbers of black residents exist.
The Virginia localities with the biggest differences between black and white arrest rates for marijuana were communities with relatively few African-Americans, such as Carroll County in the southwestern part of the state and the city of Poquoson, north of Hampton. In those localities, a handful of arrests of black residents can make the arrest rate seem astronomical. In Colonial Heights, for example, the marijuana arrest rate for black residents was more than 7,000 per 100,000 population – compared with less than 800 per 100,000 residents for white people. But even in Virginia’s more populous localities with sizable African-American populations, black residents were much more likely than white to be arrested on marijuana charges: In Fairfax County, for every 100,000 African-American residents, 861 were arrested for marijuana possession during an average year. In contrast, for every 100,000 white residents, 265 were arrested. This means that the black arrest rate was 3.2 times the arrest rate for white. An even larger disparity exists in Arlington, where black residents were arrested at a rate of 1,173 per 100,000 population, while white residents were arrested at a rate of just 145 per 100,000 population. There, the black arrest rate is eight times the white arrest rate. In Lynchburg, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Alexandria and Newport News, the black arrest rate was four to five times the white arrest rate.
In Hanover County, where the black arrest rate for marijuana possession was 6.4 times the white arrest rate, officials from the local NAACP have met with representatives of the county sheriff’s department and the Ashland police to discuss various issues – but not marijuana law enforcement. “The last time we met, we had a complaint that African-Americans are being stopped on (Route) 360 more so than white residents, and they do acknowledge that more African-Americans are stopped based on profiles that they’re looking for,” said Robert Barnette, who chairs the political action committee of the Hanover County branch of the NAACP. “We are on the (Interstate) 95 corridor for drug traffic … Hanover is between Richmond and D.C. The typical person that may go on to travel on 95 going north to D.C will get on Highway 301 or 295 and try to avoid some of the attention.” The apprehension of people from out of town may explain the disparity in arrest rates, law enforcement officials say. Lt. Kerri Wright of the Hanover County Sheriff’s Department noted that not everyone arrested in the county is a Hanover resident. The state of Virginia as a whole, in addition to the Hanover County area, is often seen as a drug corridor with its placement between New York and Florida, Wright said. She said she couldn’t give an
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(from page 3) a situation. But it felt pretty much opinion on any racial disparities in marijuana arrests in the county. “Our community is very supportive of us, and that’s one thing we’re very proud of,” Wright said. “There’s no push (to crack down on marijuana), but the law is the law. So we cannot state what laws we’re going to enforce and what laws we’re not going to enforce. If there’s a law and we know there’s a violation of a law, then we need to take appropriate law enforcement action.” Some people who have been arrested for marijuana possession suspect that socioeconomic factors may influence where marijuana laws are enforced. Gray Marshall, 19, was arrested on marijuana charges twice while attending Varina High School in the east end of Henrico County. Although Marshall is white, the school’s population is predominantly black. He said being a young person in a “bad” part of town might increase the chances of being arrested. “The second time I was in a bad area, and the cops said I just stuck out like a sore thumb. I was in a Honda sitting in an apartment complex. I got possession with intent to distribute,” Marshall said. “I feel like I was definitely more likely (than black residents) to talk a cop out of something whenever we would get in
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the same.” Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia have laws that legalize marijuana in some form. Three other states will soon join them – but not Virginia, where the General Assembly recently rejected most proposals to liberalize marijuana laws. While marijuana possession arrests have decreased nationally, Gettman found that arrests in Virginia increased steadily from 2003 to 2013. He said this might have been a reaction from Virginia law enforcement because of more liberal marijuana laws around the country. They may want to send a message to counterbalance the idea that marijuana is acceptable. It was the arrests of black residents that made up most of the overall increase in marijuana arrests, Gettman said. “It’s sort of now an accepted fact that there’s a tremendous disparity in arrests between whites and blacks. In some respects, it doesn’t matter why there’s a racial disparity. The numbers show us that there is one, and consequently it’s clear that we’re not able to enforce these laws evenly, equally, fairly – and that’s a problem, and people are upset about it,” Gettman said. “We can all have opinions about why this is the case, but the reality is this is the case.”
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Gov. names new Hampton Roads Veterans Care Center for two Va. heroes Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced that the forthcoming 128-bed veterans facility, planned for Virginia Beach, will be named the Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center. Additionally, the governor signed four pieces of legislation in support of active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. “I am proud to announce that we are naming the new Veterans Care Center after two Tidewater natives, who served Virginia and our nation in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army in Vietnam and Afghanistan, respectively,” said McAuliffe. “I am especially pleased that family members of Colonel William A. Jones, III and Staff Sergeant Christopher F. Cabacoy joined us for
this special announcement. I look forward to joining them in Virginia Beach later this year to break ground on this new facility.” The future Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Center, a long-term nursing care center located in Virginia Beach, will be the first of its kind in the Hampton Roads region. This new Veterans Care Center will specialize in caring for patients with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other chronic illnesses. It will also provide both long-term nursing care and short-term rehabilitation. Colonel William A. Jones, III was born in Norfolk. He graduated from West Point in1945 and then transferred to the newly formed U.S. Air Force. He served in the Vietnam
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and political initiatives whose true purpose is often masked by distracting and disingenuous rhetoric. This can be seen in current government proposals aimed at banning travel from certain Muslimmajority countries, building a physical barrier on the southern border, revoking health care from millions of people, and decimating civil rights programs and social services that provide support for the most vulnerable. A robust understanding of Loving instructs us to peel back the superficial economic and political justifications for these contemporary proposals. This allows us to appreciate how they are often motivated by an eerily reminiscent Holmesian logic regarding who is weak and who is strong, who belongs and who doesn’t, and who deserves to live and who should perish. At its half-century mark, Loving v. Virginia should be celebrated for fostering multi-racial relationships that have brought joy to many families and made communities stronger. Yet, it’s also important to understand and appreciate its relevance to not only intimate relationships, but also relationships between government and those who are governed. Loving is a decision that implores us to reject the eugenic and supremacist remnants of a distant past and to pursue a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive society. That, in a nutshell, is what love is truly about.
of love, there is surprisingly little discussion about this in the Loving decision apart from the appellants’ surname and rather dry assertions that marriage is a civil right. By contrast, consider this passage from the Court’s opinion in Obergefell, which reflects Justice Anthony Kennedy’s tone throughout a decision that waxes poetically on love’s virtues: “Marriage responds to the universal fear that a lonely person might call out only to find no one there. It offers the hope of companionship and understanding and assurance that while both still live there will be someone to care for the other.” The Loving decision instead responded to the eugenic aspect of Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act and how it was designed to prevent the perceived dilution of white racial purity. Rather than celebrating love, the Court’s opinion states that laws against interracial marriage are unconstitutional because they are “measures designed to maintain white Supremacy.” Understanding Loving v. Virginia from this perspective highlights exactly why it is important, 50 years later, to recognize the Court’s decision in ways that go beyond affirming that love knows no racial boundaries. Loving v. Virginia continues to be relevant to modern discussions on racial intimacy, and speaks to contemporary social
War with distinction and received the Medal of Honor for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action when, in 1968, he went on a rescue mission to retrieve a fellow pilot, took on enemy fire, managed to return to base safely, and conveyed all information to save the pilot before seeking medical treatment for himself. Jones died in an airplane accident near Woodbridge in 1969. Army Staff Sergeant Christopher F. Cabacoy was a Virginia Beach
native. He graduated from Tallwood High School in 1997 and studied engineering at Old Dominion University before joining the U.S. Army in 2000. He served 10 years with distinction in the U.S. Army, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division based at Ft. Drum, N.Y. He died on July 5, 2010 when insurgents in Kandahar attacked his vehicle with a homemade bomb.
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The true history of the South is not being erased GARRETT EPPS
Growing up in the 1950s in Richmond, Va., my friends and I would sometimes dig Minié balls— Civil War-era rifle bullets—out of the crumbling remains of Confederate earthworks. Those earthworks remain, mostly under federal management now— scars in the earth left by a cataclysmic struggle within the American family a century and a half ago. Growing up in Oregon in the 1990s, my children touched ruts carved in solid rock by the wheels of covered wagons on the Oregon trail—scars in the earth left by a migration that changed history. These scars are endangered, but they are still there too. History leaves its mark. We can see it if we just look down at our feet. These musings were sparked by some reactions—some appreciative, others angry—to my article, The Motionless Ghosts That Haunt the South, about the Confederate statuary that dominates the Southern urban skyline: huge, solemn memorials to Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis, and other demigods of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. I wrote that I wish they would come down. “You are trying to erase history,” some of my correspondents said. Would reducing the bronzed omnipresence of the Confederate General Staff really eliminate “history”? Let’s look at real history. Americans tend to assume that Southern segregation was a “natural” legacy of antebellum slavery. The truth is far more complicated. After the Civil War, the South went through The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 3 No. 24 Mailing Address 409 E. Main Street 4 Office Address 105 1/2 E. Clay St. Richmond, VA 23219 Call 804-644-1550 Online www.legacynewspaper.com
a period of transition—not simply during “Reconstruction” (which ended in about 1877) but for the two decades that followed. There was no overall “system” of separation; gross racism and discrimination existed alongside tentative inter-racial cooperation and political coalitionbuilding. Until the first decade of the twentieth century, black Southerners continued to vote, to serve on juries, and to hold state and local office. The last “first-generation” black member of the U.S. House left office in 1901. Only with the rise of the U.S. as an imperial power—forcibly dominating people of color from San Juan to Manila—did the idea of legal white supremacy become acceptable to a majority of whites in North or South. Thus began the era of segregation—a system that subordinated black Southerners economically, disfranchised them politically, and isolated them in public and private space. What’s called the “nadir” of race relations was the early 20th century, not the 1870s and 80s. The year 1890 saw the first segregation-era Southern state constitution, in South Carolina, strip blacks of the right to vote. That same year, the giant Lee statue went up in Richmond. Virginia itself disfranchised black voters in 1902. The monuments to Jefferson Davis and Jeb Stuart went up in 1907; the horseback statue of Jackson was unveiled in 1919. All across the South during these years, these statues went up to mark the triumph of the onceoutlandish idea of segregation. Segregation had an official myth: The white South would have freed its slaves voluntarily if not for Northern meddling. The North destroyed the The LEGACY welcomes all signed letters and all respectful opinions. Letter writers and columnists opinions are their own and endorsements of their views by The LEGACY should be inferred. The LEGACY assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. Annual Subscription Rates Virginia - $50 U.S. states - $75 Outside U.S.- $100 The Virginia Legacy © 2016
South because it coveted its natural resources and its cheap labor. After the War, corrupt “carpetbaggers” and vile Southern white “scalawags” seized power with Northern bayonets, upheld by ignorant, illiterate blacks. Heroic white conservatives finally did away with the “corrupt Negro vote,” restored to power the South’s natural leaders, and returned black Southerners to their proper subordinate place. Blacks played no part in any of Southern history. They had no past, and no future, in white America. As New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in his recent speech, “These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, and the terror that it actually stood for.” So, what is to be done? Because I know Richmond, I use it as an example, more extreme than many but not different in kind from most cities across the South. Richmond’s new mayor, Levar M. Stoney, recently said, “I want to be a city that is tolerant, inclusive and embraces its diversity, and those statues without context do not do that.” Stoney has called for “a robust community conversation about it that will involve stakeholders and community groups and residents.” Stoney is right. Context does matter. And the deliberate lack of context is one of the worst features of Southern civic imagery. You want context? Monument Avenue, one of the most beautiful divided urban boulevards
in the world, runs eastward from Three Chopt Road to Lombardy Street, where it turns into two-lane Franklin Street, which ends two miles father east at Capitol Square. So let’s start by looking for real history on this very street. Thomas Jefferson designed the Capitol Building; Governor Patrick Henry laid the cornerstone in 1785. Aaron Burr was tried for treason here, and the Confederate “Congress” met here during the Civil War. At the Capitol, too, United States Colored Troops, on April 3, 1865, raised the American flag for the first time after the fall of Richmond. Here a biracial constitutional convention in 1867 wrote the first truly democratic constitution Virginia ever had. Here Lawrence Douglas Wilder, the first African American elected governor of any American state, was sworn into office in 1990. In Capitol Square stands the 1858 equestrian statue of George Washington. At the base of that statue, on April 5, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech to an audience of freed slaves. Eyewitnesses relate that the wind blew Confederate $1,000 bonds unheeded around listeners’ feet. Three blocks west on Franklin St. is the site of the old Thalhimer’s Department Store. Here, on February 22, 1960, 34 black students from Virginia Union University were arrested for seeking service in the store’s two all-white dining areas, setting off a six-month boycott and an eventual key movement victory. We’re only three blocks into our trip, and we have found more real
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Reforming Va. justice Join Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged and Disenfranchised (RIHD) in ending mass incarceration by improving the effectiveness and fairness of Virginia’s criminal justice system. The abolition of parole in the 90s brought along the adoption of the sentencing guidelines that prescribe punishment far more severe than what was imposed prior to the abolition of parole. While the law makes the use of the guidelines discretionary, that very law makes it mandatory that courts “shall file with the record of the case a written explanation” of any departure from the guidelines recommendation. Problem is, the very same law provides that the failure to comply with its provision in any manner will not be reviewable on appeal or form the basis of any post-conviction relief. Thus, making the aforementioned mandatory provision meaningless and inutile. The result is that sentences imposed by judges far in excess of the guidelines recommendations, and even on a basis that has no place in sentence consideration, are not reviewable on appeal. So it is the lamentable case in Virginia that a judge with racist inclination may act with impunity under our current laws and throw the book at a defendant merely for his skin color. What is the remedy in our justice system for such a defendant, you may ask? Well, the answer is, None whatsoever! Our current law bars appellate courts from reviewing a trial court’s sentencing decision vis-avis the guidelines. According to the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission Annual
Reports from FY2007 to FY2013, no written reason for departure was provided by judges in more than 3000 cases in which the sentence imposed exceeded the guidelines recommendation. Thus, it is unclear whether the departure in those cases was due to factors like race, religion, sexual orientation, economic status, or other considerations that should not play a role in sentencing decisions. One of the examples that we present on the Tour is the case of Kevin Key, an African American, who is currently serving a 31- year sentence under the no-parole law for possession with the intent to distribute five pounds of marijuana. This abominable sentence was imposed by the Chesapeake Circuit Court despite the fact that Key was a first-time offender and the fact that the sentencing guidelines presented to the court by the VA government agency recommended alternative punishment and no more than two years and two days of incarceration. His release date according to the information on DOC website is May 27, 2027. Indeed, not only is the 31-year sentence unfair to Key, it is equally unfair to the citizens of Virginia who have to pay out almost $1 million in cost to confine and separate him from his family. RIHD’s Proposed Remedy: The use of the sentencing guidelines in Virginia is primarily governed by Virginia Code § 19.2-298.01. What we have proposed is to amend subsections B and F of the statute to read as follows: That Sentencing Guideline §§ 19.2-298.01 Provision (B) and 19.2-298.01 Provision (F) are amended and reenacted legislatively as follows: In any felony case, other than Class 1 felonies, in
which the court imposes a sentence which is either greater or less than that indicated by the discretionary sentencing guidelines, the court shall file with the record of the case a written explanation of such departure. The written explanation must show a substantial and compelling reason for the departure and must adequately explain the chosen sentence to allow for meaningful appellate review and to promote the perception of fair sentencing. Any reason given to justify the departure must not be one that has already been considered in calculating the guidelines recommendation, including such factors and reasons for enhancement in the provisions of Code § 17.1-805. The failure to follow any or all of the provisions of this section or the failure to follow any or all of the provisions of this section in the prescribed manner or the failure to impose sentence within the range recommended by the sentencing guidelines shall be reviewable on appeal. In reviewing the sentence, the appellate court must first ensure that the court made no significant procedural errors and then consider the sentence’s substantive reasonableness under a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard, taking into account the totality of the circumstances. This provision shall be retroactive to all cases where the defendant is presently under the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections custody. Sign and share our online petition, with a goal 10,000 signatures at actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-theunfair-sentencing-trap-in-va Lillie Branch-Kennedy Founder/executive director R.I.H.D.
history on this one street than is contained in the entire procession of dead “heroes” on Monument Ave. Within a mile of the Capitol, there’s St. John’s Church, where Patrick Henry made his famous “Give me liberty or give me death!” speech; there’s the Tredegar Iron Works by the James River, where slave laborers were forced to forge weapons used to fight for slavery. (It has been converted into the American Civil War Museum.) Not far away is a historical marker to commemorate John Mitchell, the crusading black editor of The Richmond Planet, and a national historical site honoring Maggie L. Walker, the first African American woman to be president of an American bank. A mile and a half east, there’s Shockoe Hill Cemetery, where Chief Justice John Marshall’s grave lies; not far away—open to tourists—is the townhome he built and lived in, now lovingly restored. Down the street from that is Jefferson Davis’s official residence, now also part of the Civil War museum. In the other direction is Hollywood Cemetery, where you can see the actual graves of Presidents John Tyler and James Monroe, as well as of General George Pickett, of writers James Branch Cabell and Ellen Glasgow, and even of Jefferson Davis. Evergreen Cemetery, a few miles away, teems with graves of famous black Richmonders. Within 11 miles of Richmond is the Cold Harbor Battlefield, where 2,000 Americans died in two weeks of fighting in 1864. To the south is the Petersburg Battlefield, where battle raged from June 1864 to March 1865. Fifty miles north are the most brutal killing fields of the war— Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. No one proposes to “erase” any of this history. © The Atlantic
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Faith leaders in Va. oppose proposed pipelines Faith leaders from Virginia’s Hampton Roads region released a letter opposing the proposed Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines for fracked gas last week. The letter release followed an interdisciplinary prayer breakfast in Norfolk, where leaders of local parishes, mosques, churches, temples, and worship centers spoke on the spiritual morality that calls them to stand up for our climate. During the event, the faith leaders learned about the dangers of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines, which are proposed to cross Virginia and would trigger massive climate pollution equivalent to 46 new coal-fired power plants. The letter, signed by 29 faith leaders and members of the religious community, likened the environmental impacts of the pipeline to “attacks on the health and
The Rev. John Myers human rights of the people who live in their paths,” which is “contrary to the teachings of all of our religions.” They stated: “[W]e cannot allow a creation as amazing as our earth to be devastated by irresponsible and unnecessary fossil fuel infrastructure any longer.” “Pope Francis wrote in his Encyclical Letter that we have to ‘integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment,’” said
Sister Margaret McCabe, Daughter of Wisdom. “The Pope’s message of justice and compassion places on us the moral imperative to work with others for workable solutions to repair and sustain our common home.” Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline and EQT’s Mountain Valley Pipeline would together lay nearly 1,000 miles of 42-inch diameter pipe throughout the Commonwealth, threatening hundreds of waterways and putting the health of some of our most vulnerable communities at risk. “Man’s greed has seriously damaged the earth’s ability to sustain God’s creation on Earth,” said Rev. John Myers, president of Virginia Council of Churches. “The United States in partnership with the global community must take active and aggressive steps to ensure clean air and seas so that all people
have clean drinking water. It’s not a privilege. It’s a right.” Faith leaders represented many denominations, including Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and Unitarianism. They stated in the letter: “We recognize the duty that we all have as people of faith to be stewards of our environment for the next generation of humankind that will inherit this Commonwealth and this planet.” “In the wake of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, we need to provide hope to each other,” said Teresa Stanley, organizer with the Interspiritual Empowerment Project. “We need each other as we commit to doing our part in the local and global struggle to address climate change and creating a sustainable environment for us all.”
is looking for a space half the size. However, there are a few details that are requirements: it must be near a bus line, be centrally located, a loading dock and large enough to preserve the holiday shopping experience for moms and dads.
The Salvation Army has been spreading the Christmas joy to those in need for over the 111 years it has been in Hampton Roads area. If you have information on vacant space, contact The Salvation Army at 757543-8100.
The Salvation Army’s biggest Christmas charity program scrambles to find a new home Although months away from Christmas, The Salvation Army Hampton Roads Area Command is looking for a new home for its Christmas Depot, one of the largest charities in the Hampton roads area and southeastern United States. For nearly a decade, The Salvation Army used an 80,000-square-foot warehouse owned by Mini Price Self Storage located at 4725 Virginia Beach Blvd in Virginia Beach. Last year, The Salvation Army provided toys, clothing and food to nearly 5,000 Hampton Roads families; but this year, they may not have a building to convert to a Christmas Depot. The building will be used for a new business purpose, meaning The
Salvation Army must find a new place to set up a Winter Wonderland filled with a child’s dream. “We are grateful to the building’s landlord who have been generous with the space,” said Area Commander Major James Allison. “But now the work must be done to fine a new space to call Christmas Depot headquarters by the end of the summer.” It takes a lot of planning to put together the Christmas Depot. The Salvation Army begins constructing the toy store in the summer and registering families for Christmas Assistance in August during The Write Stuff campaign. While the new location does not have to have heat or as big as the old warehouse, The Salvation Army
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Courtney B. Vance co-stars in “Mummy” reboot DWIGHT BROWN Pathetic on just about every level, “The Mummy” should be entombed. What the hell were they thinking? Nick Morton (Tom Cruise) and his cohort Chris Vail (Jake Johnson) are shameless antiquities hunters. Their exploits take them to a desert village in an Iraq war zone, where they come under fire. U.S. armed forces have to come to the rescue, which doesn’t please a commanding officer, Colonel Greenway (Courtney Vance), who doesn’t trust Nick’s motives. Soon after, Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), a British archaeologist, shows up. She believes Nick and Chris have stumbled across an ancient burial ground and that laying inside a massive crater are artifacts and coffins that are of great importance and should be brought back to London. That’s the set up. In those first scenes the explosions sound fake, the dust in the air looks like dyed flour and the exploding debris is no more than little painted cardboard boxes. It’s all so painfully obvious that it’s embarrassing. Also in these crucial initial scenes, Nick and Chris talk a blue streak, bantering on like they are an improvisation duo riffing and searching for a punch line that never comes. Their scenes drag on, and the director has no idea how to shoot them, choreograph their movements or give them any vitality. The beginning of the film should be building up drama, suspense and horror. It doesn’t. Turns out the massive tomb is more like a prison, and the coffin they
Sofia Boutella’s creepy villain in “The Mummy”. are exporting in a huge prop plane, belongs to Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella from “Star Trek Beyond”). She was an Egyptian princess who killed her father and her despised baby brother who was to inherit the throne she thought was rightfully hers. In flight, ravens en masse strike the plane, causing it to crash to earth. Before it does, Nick puts a parachute on Jenny, pulls the ripcord and saves her life. He is not so lucky. He dies. But, somehow he wakes up in a morgue, inhabited by Ahmanet’s spirit. Now, he is not the man he used to be. A mystical element that would give the film a haunting, ethereal feel is sorely missing. Slipshod sets never look real. The monsters that rise from coffins are poorly conceived and
rendered. The special effects aren’t special. Producer Alex Kurtzman steps behind the camera as a director for only his second time. He lacks a consistent style that could have elevated the film. He is unable to help his cast create a common tone. Johnson, a regular on the TV comedy series New Girl, is doing shtick. Courtney Vance, a smart Broadway and Emmy-winning actor, is way too serious. Russell Crowe, as Dr. Henry Jekyll, a sinister sort, is overly suave, as if he should be in a Guy Ritchie movie. Annabelle Wallis is tepid at best. Kurztman has a bit better luck with the action scenes. The plane crash, which happens about 15 minutes into the movie, saves the film’s beginning from the trash heap. Shots of Nick and Jenny running through the streets of London being chased by a sand storm are cool too, though you know it is all CGI. The technical crew’s talent is MIA. All have done better jobs on other films. Blame the lackluster sets on production designers Jon Hutman (The Tourist) and Dominic Watkins (The Huntsman: Winter’s War). Ben Seresin, who did a magnificent job with World War Z, shows little imagination as the cinematographer. It took three editors (Gina Hirsch, Paul Hirsch and Andrew Mondshein)
to let Cruise and Johnson prattle on and on in scenes that lead nowhere and should have been cut by 50 percent. And, as you listen to the long and shallow dialogue, you’ll want to ask screenwriters David Koepp (Mission: Impossible), Christopher McQuarrie (Jack Reacher) and Dylan Kussman why they didn’t write tighter scenes. Tom Cruise is lucky that the “Mission: Impossible” franchise and its Ethan Hunt character suit him like a glove. The Mummy and Nick Morton do not. He seems uneasy with the comedy/action/adventure hybrid blend. His timing is off. His acting, especially with Johnson, is out of tune. A scene in the morgue when he is partially nude and showing off muscles is way too contrived. At least he’s still fast on his feet, and runs from danger quite well. Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant” featured solid direction by a real craftsman, a tech crew that made the visuals real eye candy and a script that was almost faultless. Scott didn’t recreate the sci-fi genre, he revived it. Cruise needed a Ridley Scott-type director, more imaginative writers and a top tech crew to help him redefine the action/adventure genre. He didn’t get it. This abomination makes it look like Cruise has lost some of his movie star sheen, even if he hasn’t.
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Another 1,250 rape kits to be tested in Va. ANTONIO OLIVO Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced recently that an additional 1,247 untested rape kits will be screened for evidence, part of a $3.4 million effort to clear a backlog of several thousand rape kits that have languished in local police departments for years. The kits, collected by police departments between 2014 and 2016, will be screened under a $2million federal grant meant to help the state eliminate its backlog. A separate $1.4 million federal grant launched the process of clearing out more than 2,000 kits collected before 2014 - some going as far back as 25 years. Combined, Herring said, the two rounds of testing mark a push by Virginia to leave behind an era when DNA evidence was collected from potential rape victims but, because of a lack of resources or police apathy, often went ignored. “I think we really are turning the page from a time when these incidents were swept under the rug, were treated with suspicion,” Herring (D) said during a roundtable discussion in Fairfax County with first lady Dorothy McAuliffe, local police officials and victims’ advocates. “We’re really orienting ourselves toward a more trauma- and survivor-centered response that makes communities safer.” The push for speedier testing in Virginia is part of a national effort to clear such backlogs and preserve
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Filler-Corn’s consent edu. bill is now law Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently signed Del. Eileen Filler-Corn’s (D-Springfield) bill, HB 2257 at the State Capitol. This legislation codifies that the law and meaning of consent may be taught in high school family life education. This builds upon Filler-Corn’s legislation from 2016 (now a law), which requires any high school family life education curriculum offered by a local school division to incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention of dating violence, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and sexual violence. “HB 2257 has been a multi-year process for me building on my healthy relationship education bill passed and signed last year,” said Filler-Corn. “My goal for this bill, as it relates to the law and meaning of consent to be taught in FLE, has been education and prevention.” HB 2257 passed out of the House of Delegates and the Senate during the 2017 General Assembly Session. The law will take effect on July 1, 2017.
June 14, 2017 • 13 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF A 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY RIDER CASE NO. PUR-2017-00060 On May 9, 2017, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion” or “Company”) filed an application (“Application”) pursuant to §§ 56-577 A 5 and 56-234 of the Code of Virginia (“Code”) with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for approval of six renewable energy tariffs whereby existing or new non-residential customers with peak measured demands of 1,000 kilowatts or greater can voluntarily elect to purchase 100% of their energy needs from renewable energy resources, collectively designated the CRG Rate Schedules. Dominion requests the Commission approve the CRG Rate Schedules as 100% renewable energy tariffs under Code § 56-577 A 5. If the Commission approves the CRG Rate Schedules as meeting this statutory definition, the CRG Rate Schedules will impact the Company’s obligation to allow retail choice to certain customers seeking to purchase renewable energy. The Company states that it would develop a portfolio of renewable energy resources (“CRG Portfolio”) to exclusively serve CRG Rate Schedule customers based on the participating customers’ individual load profiles and preferences. To develop the CRG Portfolio, the Company intends to (i) solicit the renewable energy market within the PJM Interconnection L.L.C. regional transmission organization footprint and negotiate and execute power purchase agreements (“PPAs”) for existing or new facilities; and (ii) develop new Company-owned renewable energy resources to exclusively serve the needs of CRG Rate Schedule customers. The Company states that it would negotiate and execute a separate requirements contract with each participating customer that would establish an all-inclusive tariff rate for 100% renewable retail electric supply service and will be in lieu of the customer’s generation billing under its standard tariff. The requirements contract would have a minimum term of five years. To the extent that the CRG Portfolio includes PPAs, the Company proposes to base its all-inclusive tariff rate on the purchased power costs plus a margin equal to the Company’s most recently-approved return on equity (“ROE”) and, to the extent that the CRG Portfolio includes Company-owned renewable resources, a return on investment also would be tied to the Company’s most recently approved ROE. The Company states that each participating customer also would pay a negotiated administrative fee to reflect the Company’s additional billing and contracting expenses. CRG Rate Schedule customers would continue to be subject to distribution service charges and transmission demand and energy charges, unless otherwise exempt, but would not be subject to the Company’s existing fuel or generation riders. The Company states that the cost of any necessary PPAs or dedicated Company-owned facilities and associated administrative expenses would be directly assigned to customers taking service under the applicable CRG Rate Schedule such that no other Virginia jurisdictional customers nor customers in the Company’s other jurisdictions will bear any responsibility for costs incurred to provide service under the CRG Rate Schedules. Following approval of the CRG Rate Schedules, and upon notification of customer interest to receive service under a CRG Rate Schedule through the enrollment process, the Company states that it plans to conduct solicitation processes involving the renewable generation wholesale market for existing and/or new construction renewable resources which have the ability to service the customer’s hourly energy load profile 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, as well as the capacity requirements of the customer. The Company states it would require the installation of metering equipment and communication technology it deems necessary to properly measure the customer’s demand and energy usage at each service location used by the customer to meet the demand threshold, the cost of which would be borne by the customer. The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing to be held at 10 a.m. on October 18, 2017, in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony of public witnesses and the evidence of the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness should appear at the hearing location fifteen (15) minutes before the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff. Copies of the public version of all documents filed in this case are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Copies of the Company’s Application and the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing also may be inspected during regular business hours at each of the Company’s business offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Copies of these documents also may be obtained, at no charge, by submitting a written request to counsel for the Company: Elaine S. Ryan, Esquire, McGuireWoods LLP, Gateway Plaza, 800 East Canal Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. If acceptable to the requesting party, the Company may provide the documents by electronic means. On or before October 11, 2017, any interested person may file written comments on the Company’s Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Interested persons desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before October 11, 2017, by following the instructions found on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00060. Any person or entity may participate as a respondent in this proceeding by filing a notice of participation on or before August 2, 2017. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be filed with the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also shall be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent shall be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2017-00060. For additional information about participation as a respondent, any person or entity should obtain a copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing. The Commission’s Rules of Practice may be viewed at the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. A printed copy of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and an official copy of the Commission’s Order for Notice and Hearing in this proceeding may be obtained from the Clerk of the Commission at the address set forth above. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
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Retired soldier says bad health behaviors a ‘guy thing’ When Russell Henderson was a soldier, he didn’t worry that much about his weight and blood pressure. The retired first sergeant got plenty of exercise, and the military actively encouraged people to eat healthier. But after he retired in 2002, his eating habits slipped to unhealthy foods, and he didn’t get the exercise he used to. It’s taken a toll on his 66-year-old body. “It catches up with you so quickly, and before you know it, you look in the mirror one day and say, ‘Oh no!’” he said with a chuckle. Henderson labeled his bad behavior a “guy thing.” Now fighting high blood pressure brought on - and complicated - by weight gain, he’s using all the medical resources available in the Military Health System, as well as his own determination, to get fit again. “I’ve cut back on eating the fatty foods,” said Henderson. “I’m trying to eat more vegetables. I drink a lot of water, and I’m going back to the gym, trying to exercise more.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, men under age 65 are more likely to develop high blood pressure, although women’s rates catch up past 65. But sometimes the damage is already done, setting men up for more problems when they are older. “In my experience and according to the Department of Health and Human Services, how men face health care and the challenges of aging is different from women,” said Lia Anderson, a public health clinical nurse specialist at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in suburban Washington, D.C. “Multiple factors such as economic status, societal pressures, and cultural influences contribute to how men approach their health care.” Anderson said access to the Military Health System does help many men. In addition to providing excellent treatment options, it also offers a variety of preventive measures. Active-duty men already have mandatory physical fitness standards. Beyond medical benefits, retired beneficiaries have access to fitness centers, dietitians who guide patients toward heart-healthy recipes and teach better eating practices, and materials to help end tobacco use, available at the UCanQuit2.org website. There are also simple tricks
Russell Henderson tries to shed his “guy thing” bad habit of not getting enough exercise. Anderson tries to pass along to her patients. “Someone might say, ‘I don’t like healthy foods.’ Well, they might if they prepare them a little differently, and I show them how to do that,” she said. Another tip is asking for a take home box when your meal is brought out at a restaurant, so those watching calories can set aside half the meal right away. “We’re trained not to waste food. But it’s a waste in our bodies.” Anderson emphasized the importance of education so the benefits of healthy eating habits are seen as an incentive, not some form of punishment. Plus, men need to understand going to see their doctor is important. “I see this with men more than women, that men don’t like to have their routine checkups,” she said. “They don’t like to show any vulnerability. But if you can treat something early and modify a behavior, you’re going to have a better outcome.” Even minor modifications can make a big difference. “No matter how small of a change, even if it’s just 10 minutes of exercise a day, it’s worth the effort because it’s a start. Don’t feel the deck is stacked against you because of your gender,” said Anderson. Henderson has experienced a major turnaround in attitude about
his health thanks to a provider who made him keep his appointments, especially getting him to go see a dietitian. While he's still working on dropping some pounds, Henderson said his blood pressure is well under control and he is committed to taking all of his prescribed medications to help him along the way. His 27-yearold granddaughter is also helping him reach his goals of losing weight
to get back to running. Eventually, he even wants to run the Army 10-miler. And he doesn’t want to miss time with his family. “I’ve got a new little granddaughter, and I want to see her and my other grandkids grow up a bit,” said Henderson, encouraging other men to be mindful of their health. “Get regular checkups, follow your doctor’s advice, and set goals.”
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At the roundtable discussion, Dorothy McAuliffe - who helped lead a state task force that recommended the new law - said the overall effort should allow victims to feel more confident about reporting allegations of rape to local police. Often, such cases go unreported because the victim istoo traumatized or does not trust local authorities to properly investigate the crime. In more diverse communities like Fairfax - home to 142 untested rape kits gathered between 2014 and 2016 - language barriers can also come into play, authorities said. Dorothy McAuliffe noted that the new round of testing has already resulted in 44 cases being reopened by local police departments. “That’s what we really need to underscore,” the first lady said. “That the work is making a difference.” - W
the evidence in rape kits, including in Maryland. Earlier this year, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D)signed a law that will streamline an array of local policies on rape cases into one, morecohesive approach. Under the law, if a victim visits a medical professional to collect evidence for the rape kit but ultimately decides not to press charges, the kit will still be stored for at least two years. For cases that are reported, the evidence must be sent for analysis within 60 days. With the federal grant money, Herring's office will set up a statewide tracking system to keep additional test kits from falling through the cracks. His office also plans to hire a survivor-support specialist to help rape victims navigate the legal process.
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With Father’s Day coming up...
Is it time to let dad know you’re concerned about his health?
June brings both Father’s Day and Men’s Health Month, making the timing perfect for adult children to have a talk with their aging dads to make sure they’re taking care of themselves and will be around for many more Father’s Days to come. “Men are notorious for skipping their annual checkups and sometimes need a little nudging to set up a doctor’s appointment,” said Pawan Grover, M.D., a surgeon and patient advocate. “But those checkups are very important because so many serious health problems can be headed off with a little preventive care.” Screenings and yearly physicals help to detect prostate cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular problems or other conditions that can be treated if
discovered early enough. Fortunately, the majority of American men do touch base with health professionals, even if not at the rate women do. A 2014 survey by the Centers for Disease Control showed that 61.5 percent of men said they had been in contact with a physician or other health professional within the last six months, although that could just be a phone call. That compares to 74 percent of women. But 13.7 percent of men hadn’t had any contact in more than two years, as opposed to just 5.7 percent of women. That’s where adult children can step in, said Grover. “They should let dad know about their concerns and that they want the best for him,” he said. “Tell him you want him to still be around to
DHS Sec. Kelly clarifies REAL ID enforcement plan Pennsylvania, Oregon, Washington, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Virginia, Alaska, and South Carolina were granted time extensions until July 10, 2017,by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. After that date their residents driver’s licenses and state IDs will NOT be accepted at military and secure federal facilities – unless further individuals extension are granted. Yesterday DHS Secretary John Kelly testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee regarding his department’s fiscal year 2018 budget request. Kelly told the senators that he will be making decisions within the next week regarding which states (among those previously determined non-compliant) may be granted time extensions through October 10, 2017. If one or more of these states do not receive an extension, then they would be subject to REAL ID enforcement on July 11th as currently being experienced by Montana, Minnesota, Missouri, and Maine. Secretary Kelly made no statement about potentially relaxing
play with the grandkids and you want all of you to be able to enjoy life together for as long as possible.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers guidelines on what should be checked and when, including: • Blood pressure. Have your blood pressure checked once every two years. High blood pressure, if not brought under control, can cause strokes, heart attacks, kidney problems, and heart failure. • Cholesterol. Starting at age 35, have your cholesterol checked every five years. You might want to start even younger, though, if you have diabetes or high blood pressure, if heart disease runs in your family, or if you smoke.
• Diabetes. Get screened for diabetes if you have high blood pressure or if you take medication for high blood pressure. Diabetes can cause problems with your heart, brain, eyes, feet, kidneys, nerves, and other body parts. • Colorectal cancer. Testing for colorectal cancer needs to begin at age 50 and even earlier if there’s a family history of the disease. “Men who put off doctor’s visits need to realize they may be causing themselves long-term harm,” said Grover. “They probably think, ‘Nothing is wrong so why should I go to the doctor?’ But it’s not a good idea to wait until those underlying health problems start showing themselves.”
PSA As a person who is passionate about Alzheimer’s disease, and, as an Alzheimer’s Association volunteer, I have started a campaign for an revenue sharing ALZHEIMER’S LICENSE PLATE through DMV. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, anyone with a brain should be concerned about Alzheimer’s and, the license plate is a great way to raise funding for awareness and support.
John Kelly REAL ID enforcement with regard to those four states. (Excerpts of Secretary Kelly’s statement are attached below). Brian Zimmer, president of Keeping IDentities Safe, said Kelly made it clear to Congress that he is not backing off the plan for REAL ID enforcement and the pending January 2018 deadline for airport enforcement. “He told senators that governors of states that can’t demonstrate REAL ID compliance by that date should be providing public notice that it is advisable to obtain passports,” said Zimmer.
Since 2000, deaths from Alzheimer’s disease have increased by 89 percent. Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death in the top 10 that cannot be prevented or treated and has no cure. This must change. Today, 130,000 Virginians are living with Alzheimer’s, and 400,000 are caregiving for someone who has it. We must effectively prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease soon and support those impacted by it until researchers achieve this goal. We need your help! Together all Virginians can help us get the required 450 prepaid applications needed to be able to get DMV to produce the ALZHEIMER'S LICENSE PLATE. Amanda Chase, Senator, has agreed to present this license plate bill to General Assembly in January 2018 once 450 applications are collected. Once 1000 license plates are in circulation in the state of Virginia, $15 of the annual $25 cost for the ALZHEIMER’S LICENSE PLATE will be donated to the Alzheimer's Association. *REGISTER TODAY* Online registration available at www.vaendalz.com! Email: vaendalz@gmail.com for information about the license plate. Katy Reed, Louisa, VA - 540-967-7098
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Hundreds of activists from around the United States and many other countries will gather in Richmond for a national conference: “Stop the Wars at Home & Abroad: Building a Movement Against War, Injustice & Repression!” The conference, to be held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, is being hosted by the United National Antiwar Coalition, one of the largest progressive coalitions in the country. An allvolunteer organization, UNAC was founded in 2010 on two basic principles: opposition to all U.S. wars and interventions, and support for the right of all oppressed peoples to self-determination. The conference will consist of three days of panels, workshops, discussions, a Saturday evening rally with cultural performances and a Sunday march to Richmond’s African Burial Ground to declare UNAC’s support for the Community Proposal for a nine-acre Shockoe Bottom Memorial Park. More than 100 organizations will be represented,with more than 60 speakers.
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The Ostomy Association of Greater Richmond, a support group for those who have (or contemplate having) an ostomy will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Henrico Doctors Hospital, 1602 Skipwith Rd., in Richmond. Elizabeth Holland, who represents Hollister, Inc., will present new ostomy products. The meeting is held in the Williamsburg-A conference room. Guests are warmly welcome. Call or e-mail Mike Rolliston with questions 804-2321916 or agriva@comcast.net.
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Your power to end lupus at the Walk to End Lupus Now 6.22, 6:30 p.m.
This summer, hundreds of people in the Hampton Roads area will experience first-hand the power of the movement to end lupus. The Walk to End Lupus Now™ Hampton Roads takes place on June 25 at the John B. Todd Stadium. Lupus has no known cause and no known cure, but affects an estimated 1.5 million Americans and 5 million people worldwide. Despite its widespread prevalence, lupus research funding and awareness of its brutal impact remain low. Together, we can change that. The walk’s Grand Marshall will be lupus survivor Zenay Burton, CoFounder of the We Win Foundation and sister of actress Tichina Arnold (Martin, Everybody Hates Chris). It is very important to Mrs. Burton that she raises awareness and helps others living with lupus. “I have a mission, which is to help others believe in themselves and achieve their goals - despite having a chronic illness. My mission is to encourage and aid people who suffer from autoimmune diseases, as well as the extended family members who love, care and support those suffering.” “I know it is my responsibility to give back to others who have been stricken with LUPUS and other related illnesses because it is not about me, it is about helping others and through my illnesses, even if it is just giving an encouraging word or donating my time to a cause, that it will help others through the awful damages that this disease can inflict upon one’s body and mind. I will continue to do so! We win!” “We’re proud to have the Walk to End Lupus Now in the Hampton Roads community,” said Katy Ahmed, DC/MD/VA Chapter President and CEO. “Seeing everyone come together in support of people with lupus is so encouraging and really does make a difference.” The largest lupus walk program in the country, the Lupus Foundation of America’s Walk to End Lupus Now events bring communities together to raise money for research, increase awareness, and rally public support for those who suffer from its brutal impact. “While we work to solve the cruel mystery of lupus, we must ensure that all Hampton Roads residents affected by lupus have access to the resources and support they need,” said Sandra C. Raymond, President and CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America. “By coming together to raise funds and awareness, Hampton Roads residents are showing their power and support for people with lupus, families, friends and the entire community of those suffering with lupus.” Every dollar raised at the Walk to End Lupus Now brings us one step closer to solving the cruel mystery of this disease. Join the Lupus Foundation of America and discover your power at the Walk to End Lupus Now! Register at hamptonroadslupuswalk17.kintera.org/. Additionally, learn more and donate by visiting www.lupus.org/dmv.
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Virginia Credit Union will offer a free seminar with practical steps for identifying and prioritizing debt, reducing expenses, and accelerating the repayment of debt. The “Strategies for Eliminating Debt” seminar will be offered at Virginia Credit Union in the Boulders Office Park, 7500 Boulder View Dr. To register, call 804-3236800 or visit https://www.vacu. org/Learning_Planning/Financial_ Education/Seminars_Workshops/ Detail/SID/16.aspx
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The Men’s Action Fellowship of First Baptist Church of Hampton will host a Breakfast and Education Form during the 2017 Men’s Week Celebration. The event will be held at First Baptist Church of Hampton, 229 North King Street, Hampton. The following will serve as panelists for the Education Forum: · Deacon Carlton Ashby · Dr. Kipp D. Rogers · Dr. Jeffery Smith · Dr. Wayne K. Smith The purpose of this forum is to provide an opportunity for the community to hear and discuss the state and future of Public Education in the city of Hampton with those who in the trenches with our youth and the education system. Elect PRESTON BROWN 74th District House of Delegates NOV. 7, 2017 A CHANGE WE NEED A VOICE WE DESERVE! Join the campaign today! Call: (804) 386-5950 (804) 737-2415 Paid for by Brown for House of Delegates
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The City of Richmond is seeking to fill the following position(s):
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