Local public sector collective bargaining is slowly gathering steam across Virginia, with a majority of the most populous localities looking into developing agreements and in many cases signing off on proposals. Richmond City Council voted Monday for an ordinance to allow collective bargaining with most city employees in what is only the latest success for […]
Clinicians of Color is a community of mental health professionals whose mission is to connect BIPOC mental health communities to services. Clinicians of Color was founded by Lisa Savage, LCSW, and Kim L. Knight five years ago. These two mental health professionals met on Facebook and immediately clicked. They realized that Black and Brown therapists were […]
The Churches United Inaugural Convention will be held July 27th – 29th at the Harvest Life Church in Woodbridge, VA. This FREE conference, hosted by Bishop Lyle Dukes and Pastor Deborah Dukes,brings together churches from across the world for praise, worship, impartation, and fellowship. All are invited as we take a quantum leap together for […]
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors will announce plans to open a Crisis Receiving Center (CRC) at a press conference on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at 10 a.m. in the Board Chambers of the James J. McCoart Administration Building, located at 1 County Complex Court, Prince William, VA, 22192. On March 9, 2021, Potomac […]
New 988 number, billed as part of the state’s crisis system expansion, won’t guarantee immediate access to services On Saturday, Virginia was part of a nationwide transition to 988, a simple three-digit hotline for mental health emergencies. The new number replaced the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a longer — and harder to remember — 800 […]
Back in March of 2022, the first expungement clinic took place in Dumfries. It was a rousing success, with a 56% successful expungement rate. Now, the city of Manassas will be hosting the next clinic on August 20th. This week, there will be an information session to prepare applicants on July 21 at 7pm. It […]
Over the past two years across the nation there have been Confederate statues taken down, schools renamed to honor civil rights leaders, and Black families honored in Virginia’s oldest towns. Today in Woodbridge, one of the last remnants of America’s racist past was removed as Jefferson Davis Highway was renamed Richmond Highway. At a ceremony […]
Ashley Crocker had a message for Gov. Glenn Youngkin after he signed into law an amendment curtailing the expansion of an earned sentence credit program that would have released hundreds of people currently in state prisons beginning July 1. “You’re ruining families,” Crocker, of Woodbridge, called out to Youngkin at a political event in Prince William County […]
The following announcement is sponsored by the Mental Health Association of Fauquier County The Mental Health Association is honored to announce an amazing panel for our BIPOC Mental Health Month webinar, scheduled for WED., JULY 13th at 10am. Join us for a community conversation about various issues pertaining to BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color) […]
Starting next month, OmniRide users be able to ride seven days a week. As ridership has steadily increased in 2022, the longtime bus system will be looking to provide a Sunday service to continue the trend. Despite the number of riders is still just half of what it was in 2019, there has been growth […]
