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Video: Hanover Local Candidates Forum 9/26/21
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Hanover NAACP Wants You to VOTE Early
Make Your Voice Heard - Vote! The Hanover NAACP supports every individual exercising their fundamental right to vote as part of its mission to advance the principles of equality and justice for all people. With the November election right around the corner, now...
Hanover NAACP Opposes Hanover School Board Anti-Mask Decision
HANOVER (August 11, 2021) – During their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday evening, August 10, in reckless abandonment and with a totally irresponsible decision, the Hanover school board decided not to require masks be worn by students or teachers in Hanover...
RTD 8/10/21: Mask mandate adopted by Chesterfield School Board, rejected by Hanover School Board
After hearing from public speakers that among other things compared masks to child abuse, Hanover County’s School Board overruled the system’s superintendent and voted 4-3 against requiring students or staff to wear masks for the 2021-22 school year.
UMD Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, & Health 2021 Symposium
The 7th UMD Symposium on Environmental Justice & Health Disparities (#UMDejsymposium2021) will convene numerous community members, nonprofit organizers, and researchers for an in-depth examination of ongoing environmental justice and health disparity issues...
WP 8/4/21: Why African American residents-turned-activists are trying to block a supermarket chain from building a warehouse in rural Virginia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/08/04/why-are-african-american-residents-this-small-town-determined-block-wegmans-warehouse/
“What is Critical Race Theory?” Video Recording
Link to video recording of "What is Critical Race Theory?" presentation on July 29, 2021 at the Mechanicsville Library. https://vimeo.com/582799409
RTD 7/27/21: Hanover organizations to host “The Truth About Critical Race Theory” community forum Thursday night
"Critical race theory, the polarizing decades-old academic construct that's recently become a flashpoint for everyone from kindergarten moms to high-ranking politicians, is the subject of a Hanover County community forum on Thursday."...
LOST YOUR COVID-19 VACCINATION CARD?
How to request a record of your COVID-19 vaccinations: You can either email the Virginia Immunization Information System (VIIS) help desk at vaccinerecord@vdh.virginia.gov or call the VIIS Help Desk at 1-866-375-9795 to request an “OFFICIAL RECORD” of your COVID-19...
Bay Journal 7/19/21: Mega-warehouses take toll on environment, localities
If you have ordered something online and been amazed when it arrives at your doorstep the next day, you can probably thank a super-sized warehouse.