A trifecta of Richmond-area business have teamed up to make a sizeable donation of basic household items to homelessness support organization HomeAgain. Recently, three Richmond-area businesses joined forces to create “Operation Fix It” -- a small business initiative...
HomeAgain Works to End Homelessness and Get Families Back On Their Feet
My earliest memories are of life in India in the 1980’s. In Ahmedabad, Gujarat all walks of life live together in very dense concentrations. The extraordinarily wealthy and the extremely poor and homeless all share the same walkways, parks, and public spaces. I grew...
RamPantry: A Look at Helping VCU’s Homeless and Hungry Students
Food insecurity and homelessness is an all too real issue growing across college campuses, and even right here at home. Many students here are struggling, but the university's student-run food pantry, known as RamPantry, is working to combat hunger and homelessness on...
Man confronts Richmond-area panhandling “fake homeless” woman in new viral video
The internet is a terrible place and it's an equal opportunity for people on both sides of issues to make asses of themselves - such is the case of a new viral video that shows a local "homeless woman" begging for money before getting in a 2010s-model car. The video,...
‘CanYouSeeMeNow’ aims to draw attention to some of RVA’s most forgotten citizens
Richmond is haunted by thousands of downtrodden and lost souls. These seemingly transparent figures drift morosely through the city, utterly unacknowledged and abandoned by everyone around them. You can see them if you choose to, and if you listen carefully you can...
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