The Muslim Association of Virginia has served in a wide range of activities to promote unity, and in the current state of change going on both nationally and locally, are taking their plans of promoting anti-racism to the next level. Last week they hosted a community town hall to introduce the Anti-Racism Task Force (ART). […]
Throughout this recent climate, people are removing the wall of racial division, instead creating a bridge towards understanding, healing and unity. Whether it’s through participation at marches, or just sitting down and having a conversation with one another, the days of cultural isolation are slowly fading away to a time of growing in friendship across […]
Earlier this week, the PW Perspective discussed how the Phase 3 proposed plan for re-opening the Prince William County Public Schools in Fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic was not the most protective plan of its staff and students. Wednesday night at the Edward L. Kelly Leadership Center in Manassas, hundreds of supporters came […]
On July 1, 2020, the Stonewall Jackson statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital city of the Confederacy was removed. The removal of the statue of Jackson comes after years of the community demanding its removal and the recent protests against police violence and other racial injustices. This statue, like many other […]
On Saturday the Black Lives Matter Family March took place at the Sean T. Connaughton Plaza in Woodbridge. It was a peaceful gathering of a diverse crowd who came together to not only congregate, but march in a manner similar to civil rights fighters of the 1960’s, demanding justice in the wake of senseless murders […]
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-Prince William County) announced on Tuesday that she is exploring a run to become the first woman and first Hispanic person to serve as Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Guzman was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2017 when she became the first Latina immigrant to serve in […]
Helen Zurita, a Manassas City resident and advocate against homelessness, is most well known for her fight to save East End Mobile Home Park when the community was at risk a few years ago. Now, she’s facing new challenges as a candidate for Manassas City Council. “I’m not a politician; I’m a community builder,” Zurita […]
The Dumfries Town Council on Tuesday passed two resolutions, one condemning systemic racism and one that permanently established Juneteenth as an official calendar holiday for the town. These resolutions come at a time of national unrest as racial issues are taking national headlines after the murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers and […]
State Senator Jennifer McClellan announced her for Virginia governor on Thursday, running to be elected as the first Black woman to serve as governor in American history. McClellan (D-Richmond) is the second Black woman to begin campaigning for governor of Virginia after Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy launched her campaign last month. “I come from a […]
The Prince William County Government announced in a press release on Wednesday that they will begin offering in person and online library services beginning on Monday, June 15, 2020. According to their statement, officials have put measures in place to protect employees and the public when conducting business, and they are taking public health and […]
