Originally published in the Autumn 2022 edition of the Virginia Defender, issue 70, printed December 14. Reproduced here for accessibility and archival purposes. To find other stories in the Autumn 2022 issue or to download the full PDF, see this post. For other issues dating back to 2012, see the Full Issues page.

Defenders in the News

The last few months have been an interesting time for the Defenders, media-wise. There have been interviews with PBS (deaths in Virginia prisons), Virginia Public Media (reclaiming Shockoe Bottom), the AP (the new marriage protection act), PressTV-Iran (the U.S. midterm elections) and By Any Means Necessary-Sputnik (Youngkin’s Operation Bold Blue Line Initiative). And of course, we were mentioned several times in The Virginia Defender, Virginia’s leading source for anti-racist, working-class news and analysis.

Bonner Ctr. Honors Ana

Ana Edwards, chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project and Educations Program Manager at the American Civil War Museum, was recognized Sept. 16 with a Community Educator Award by the University of Richmond’s Bonner Center for Civic Engagement.