Category: Perspectives
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Statewide environmental news roundup – March 2022
The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) continues to make the news.
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Community Perspective: Hidden censorship: limited availability of diverse books
A community perspectives piece by Sandy Parks Almost every day there is news about another book, or list of books being banned somewhere. Across the nation, there were 155 unique book challenges in the second half of the year alone, a marked increase from past years. Most of these challenges target books that focus on …
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 …
