Community Protest!!
Posted by: DougMay 09, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Community Protest (Friday at 5PM) in Response to ICE Raid in Richmond.
Activists and organizers from the Virginia Immigrant People's Coalition (VIPC) will be holding an emergency protest on Friday, May 9, 2008 at 5:00pm (please note revised time), against the immigration raid that occurred at the federal courthouse. The protest will be located at 7th and Broad St. the site of the raid.
Rachel Mehl, a Richmond resident and member of the VIPC said "the only crime these immigrants have committed is working to support their family."
Jeff Winder, an organizer with the People United, a member organization of the VIPC said "a militarized border and society does not make us safe; our safety will come when the vast disparities of wealth and power represented by trade policies like NAFTA are eliminated.”
The raid occurred in the morning on Wednesday, May 9. Federal immigration officials raided the construction site for the new federal courthouse in downtown Richmond and arrested 33 workers on immigration violations. The workers were temporarily locked up in courthouse cells they had just finished constructing.
The Virginia Immigrant Peoples Coalition is a statewide network of individuals and organizations that fight for the rights of immigrants. The coalition focuses on grassroots organizing to empower communities to join the struggle for justice. The VIPC will have volunteers at the Hispanic Liaison (804) 646-0145 office all day on Thursday, May 8, in order to help families and friends of the arrested take steps to recover from the attack on the community.
Contact:
Aaron Samsel (804) 218-9261
aaron.samsel@gmail.com
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News Show and HouseShow up
Posted by: AdamMay 05, 2008 at 03:53 PM
Hey, it's new content on a Monday over at www.rvatv.net!
1 Comments >>Bopst Show #3
Posted by: AnthonyMay 05, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Our good friend Bopst, has a new podcast up on RVAnews.
0 Comments >>Hey, it's a brand new News Show
Posted by: AdamApril 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM
and it's up at www.rvatv.net. This week: school board, Olympic coverage, Ukrop's closings, and a report from the future.
0 Comments >>Juresko
Posted by: DougApril 24, 2008 at 04:35 PM
Check it out Richmond
0 Comments >>New News Show and HouseShow episodes up at rvatv
Posted by: AdamApril 22, 2008 at 02:11 PM
In case you somehow haven't checked www.rvatv.net in the past couple hours there's a brand new episode of The News Show up, as well as a new HouseShow featuring Vermillion Lies. Check it at www.rvatv.net or look up rvatv on the youtubes.
0 Comments >>Bizarre Market
Posted by: DougApril 21, 2008 at 02:11 PM
0 Comments >>thINK
Posted by: DougApril 16, 2008 at 04:39 PM
On Friday, May 9th from 7-9 pm, Chop Suey Books will host an opening reception for thINK, an art exhibition featuring the letter-pressed publication of the poetry journal thINK. Published at the Bowe House Press at VCU, thINK is an effort to reintroduce the letterpress as both a vital communication medium and a vibrant art form. The first issue is dedicated to a collaboration of local, nationally, and internationally recognized poets with students from the Graphic Design program at VCU.
In following with this collaboration, we will also host a reading by featured poets from the premiere issue. This reading will take place during the hours of the opening and will be held in the upstairs gallery.
This opening/reading is free and open to the public.
Thank you for your support.
Chop Suey Books
1317 W. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23220
804-497-4705
www.chopsueybooks.com
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Posted by: DougApril 16, 2008 at 02:20 PM
Be on the look out for new episodes of "The News Show" and "Houseshow" brought to you by RVAtv. This time, they are even funnier!
Visit www.rvatv.net to download
0 Comments >>FUNK THE WAR!
Posted by: DougApril 16, 2008 at 02:05 PM
This Friday, April 18, at 2pm, RVA Students For A Democratic Society will be walking out of their classrooms and amassing at Monroe Park in solidarity to protest the Iraq war, and to promote a peaceful global community. The rally will continue as students 'drop beats, not bombs' and dance to Funk the War! We aim to remind the Richmond community about the destructiveness of this deadly war, the thousands of lives lost, the billions of dollars spent, and to unite diverse groups of people in the fight for peace.
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