The Updates & Announcements newsletter for January 1, 2025. This newsletter contains the announcement of the January 8th Rally to Shut Down Red Onion and Wallens Ridge.
Updates and Announcements: January 1, 2025
Updates and Announcements: Crisis at Red Onion
Updates and announcements for December 10, 2024. These primarily relate to the crisis at Red Onion Supermax.
Crisis at Red Onion Meeting Recording
On December 7th, 2024, a community meeting sponsored by the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality was held in Richmond, Virginia, in response to the self-immolation by men held at Red Onion State Prison. More than 100 people attended. The meeting was recorded and can be viewed via Facebook.
Crisis at Red Onion: How you can help
Please join us on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2-4:30pm at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church (1720 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, VA 23223) for the first public expression of concern about the ongoing crisis at […]
Screening of “Blood Like Water” (2023), November 29, 2024
Join the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality for a free screening of the award-winning short film by Palestinian filmmaker Dima Hamdan, “Blood Like Water,” on November 29, 2024 at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. Doors at 6:30pm. Performances and a screening to follow.
Updates and Announcements: September 23, 2024
The September 23, 2024 issue of the Updates and Announcements newsletter.
The Workers Assembly Model Comes to Virginia
The Southern Workers Assembly, founded in 2012 and based in North Carolina, is a social justice organization fighting to organize unorganized workers across the South.
The Virginia Defender 