Duron Chavis is Building More Than a Farm
How two decades of community organizing grew into a vision for land ownership, education, and self-determination. The first time I met Duron Chavis, he wasn't talking about farmland. He was talking about culture. It was the early 2000s, and Happily Natural Day was...
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A preview of IllumiNATION at Virginia Museum of History & Culture tonight
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“Everything’s Made Up. So Let’s Fix It.” — Salaam Bhatti
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