Bon Secours has been using its Richmond Community Hospital to participate in a lucrative federal drug program, while the hospital’s impoverished neighborhood gets reduced services.
BAD HELP: BON SECOURS AND RICHMOND’S EAST END
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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.
Richmond Antiwar Teach-In
October 22, 5pm, Monroe Park (620 W. Main St., Richmond, VA): the Antiwar Committee will hold a Teach-In, featuring presentations on Ukraine, Palestine, Africa, and Cuba.
20TH ANNUAL GABRIEL GATHERING SET FOR OCTOBER 10 AT SHOCKOE BOTTOM AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND
Monday, October 10, from 6:30-10p.m., at the Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground in downtown Richmond, the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project will host the 20th Annual Gabriel Gathering. This yearly observation marks the date that the great slave rebellion leader Gabriel was executed.
Summer 2022 Issue
The Summer 2022 issue of The Virginia Defender was published on July 27, 2022.
COMMUNITY DEMANDS JUSTICE IN POWHATAN HATE CRIME
Close to 200 people gathered May 1 outside Richmond’s United Nations Church on Cowardin Avenue to support a Black teenager who says he was the victim of a vicious hate crime – one that was then covered up by the Powhatan County police force.
IN A TIME OF NEED, FEED THE STREETS RVA SERVES THE COMMUNITY
Feed the Streets RVA is a nonprofit organization that provides food and other essentials to the Richmond community. With eight members on the executive board, it was started by a close group of friends who all shared a passion for giving back.
ROE v. WADE OVERTURN SPURS ANGER & ACTION IN VA.
On the evening of May 2, a draft opinion written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and leaked to the public suggested that the court would overturn Roe v. Wade. Alito wrote, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start.” The next day, rallies erupted across the country.
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