Hear RVA is an ambitious new platform on the Richmond scene. Their stated goal, according to their website, is connecting "Richmond artists to the communities and resources they need to launch, promote, and expand their musical career." But to do that, you have to...
University of Richmond's School of Law held a six-hour symposium recently about the school-to-prison pipeline and ways students of color are kept at a disadvantage by zero tolerance policies and overpolicing of school grounds. Schools have become places of trauma for...
When Virginia's schoolchildren return to in-person schooling after the pandemic, they'll return to a school system in which criminal punishments for unruly in-school behavior have largely been taken off the table. The near future of in-person schooling is uncertain...
"Backwards or Forward? COVID-19 challenges us to incorporate a public health lens when approaching justice for youth and public safety," writes Gary Broderick, Legislative Coordinator of RISE For Youth. This past month, the Sentencing Project released a new report...
Hoping to protect at-risk youth from coronavirus, youth advocacy organization RISE For Youth is calling for the release of juveniles currently incarcerated in Virginia for non-violent offenses. During the COVID-19 pandemic the focus for many of us is on the health and...