A profile of several mutual aid organizations around the city.
Mutual aid organizations provide food & financial assistance
The Virginia Defender
Established in 2005 as The Richmond Defender, The Virginia Defender is a free community newspaper, published quarterly for the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Print distribution is currently 12,000 and statewide. The online publication launched in Summer 2020.
Denied access to their mail, RRHA residents fight back – & win!
Stonewall Place is one of eight public housing sites operated by the Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority “for qualified low-income elderly and disabled Richmonders.” And for most of December and nearly a week in February, the residents of the building’s 70 units could not receive their mail.
No prison for Uhuru 3
The Uhuru 3, who each faced a possible 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, were instead sentenced to three years probation and community service.
Leonard Peltier is free!
After spending nearly 50 years in prison, Indigenous freedom fighter and former American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier, now 80, is finally home.
I Now Face Retaliation and Censorship for Reporting Prison Abuses (2025)
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson’s account of retaliation and censorship at Keen Mountain, in the wake of his speaking out on the conditions at Red Onion.
Trump, Youngkin & ICE: Hands Off Our Immigrant Communities!
The Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality strongly condemn the many executive orders issued by the Trump administration that aim to intimidate, criminalize and threaten the livelihood of immigrant communities in the United States.
The real roots of the ‘Border Crisis’
Despite the great risks to life and limb and the fierce repression promoted by both major political parties, millions of people are still trying to enter the United States, in search of a better life for themselves and their families. Why, and how did it get like this?
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