by Jennifer Roberts, founder of Conversations In the Community America is the land of the free… for some. Because of the 246 year legal enslavement of Africans and African Americans and the subsequent subjugation that continues today, African Americans collectively are not included in this blanket freedom that is supposed to be the right of […]
The symbol of the Northern Virginia Rampage is a silverback gorilla, but the way the team has been giving their opponents extra possessions, it may as well be a photo of Santa Claus. During what has been a tumultuous season, it was expected that the team would be able to show a balance on both […]
“Mr. National” is finally getting a day to celebrate his amazing career. Yesterday, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin wrote an official proclamation that April 30 will be known in the Commonwealth as Ryan Zimmerman Day. The former Washington Nationals star retired last year after a 16-year career in Major League Baseball, playing every year with the […]
Michael Jordan once said that the game is 80% mental, 20% physical, and in an ever-changing landscape, young athletes are dealing with more mental challenges than ever before. On Saturday in Dumfries, several leaders in the community came together both in person and online to speak on how today’s up-and-coming athletes can address those challenges […]
Sometimes, the best things can come by surprise. In the case of the Northern Virginia Rampage, last week provided a gift in multiple ways. For starters, their scheduled opponents the Maryland Chaos has to forfeit their contest, resulting in the Rampage getting their first victory of the season 6-0. Also, it gave the team a […]
(Editor’s Note: the following piece has been submitted by Katherine Gotthardt of All Things Writing, LLC)
by Jennifer Roberts We understand equity and its effect on living a quality life. Equity affects the way we shop, eat, purchase vehicles and purchase homes. We even see it at work in little things that don’t seem to have much significance. Creating equitable environments is what we do. Look at the way we purchase […]
Another Friday word of inspiration by author Katherine Gotthardt Enough In the family of “Is there enough?” money plays hide and seek, food travels by foot, arriving when it can. Dinnertime stretches like grandma’s back. Can you still touch your toes? (Read: Will there be any left for me?) Mom asks about winter clothes. Anything […]
It’s common knowledge that the American justice system discriminates against people of color, especially Black people. On April 7, 2021, Governor Ralph Northam signed two laws that legalized possession and use of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. But the state marijuana laws in Virginia can be confusing. Marijuana possession and consumption were […]
T.S. Eliot said that “April is the cruelest month,” and judging by recent results, this month can’t end any sooner for the Northern Virginia Rampage, as they were shut out at home by the Virginia Royals 28-0 on Saturday. On a beautiful day in Dumfries, at Chuck Coles Memorial Stadium, the Rampage were looking to […]
