Category: Perspectives
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Statewide environmental news roundup – February 2022
Once again, Virginia pipelines made headlines.
Community Perspective: Not The Russian Bear
A community perspectives piece by James Sattva I am an agitator, an educator, and an organizer. I don’t remember a time in my life when I wasn’t hyper-aware of the injustice constantly at work all around me. At the same time, I was baffled that no one saw what I saw, or that no one was willing to …
Community Perspective: Driving on Coney Island Avenue
A community perspectives piece by Anna Rose Geary I was 24 years old and still didn’t know how to drive. I told myself I didn’t want to learn to drive because I knew that I would kill myself. Besides, my father’s car had been stolen five times from his parking spot across the street near the …
Community Perspective: Scapegoating Mental Health
A community perspectives piece by Keita Franklin, LCSW, PhD Last week I received a call that no parent ever wants to get. My son shared that his college in Bridgewater, VA was reporting an active shooter and that the students were told to “shelter in place” – the message noted – “this is not a …
Statewide environmental news roundup – January 2022
The Mountain Valley Pipeline continues to make news…
Community Perspective: Electric Vehicles Should Not Be Delayed in Virginia
A community perspectives piece by Alleyn Harned In this General Assembly, Delegate Tony Wilt has introduced new legislation which seeks to increase consumers’ transportation costs and to maintain our dependence on foreign oil, both of which are unacceptable in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia that produces no oil and can benefit so greatly …
