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02/10/2020

We are only 32 days out from election day on November 3rd. So we reached out to Charlotte at Charlottesville Tomorrow to get the rundown on voting during a pandemic. But first we sit down with Anthony Guy Lopez he’s a UVA alum who’s been advocating for Indigenous rights in Charlottesville and across the country for over two decades. Recently, he was one of the organizers of the September 10th protest at the George Rogers Clark Statue on UVA’s campus at the Corner.
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19/09/2020

This week we talk to activists as they mark the removal of the confederate “Johnny Reb” statue in front of the Albemarle Courthouse. Plus COVID-19 has been found in four dorms at UVA. If that’s not enough news for one week, Charlottesville is also getting a new city manager. Stick around for our final segment where we sit down with the folks at Live Arts to talk about their upcoming entirely virtual season of community theater.

This week we talk to activists as they mark the removal of the confederate “Johnny Reb” statue in front of the Albemarle Courthouse. Plus COVID-19 has been found in four dorms at UVA. If that’s not en

04/09/2020

This week we meet some of the folks behind a new labor union at UVA, The United Campus Workers of Virginia. Plus we talk about the return of five thousand UVA students and how student workers are responding.

This week we meet some of the folks behind a new labor union at UVA, The United Campus Workers of Virginia. Plus we talk about the return of five thousand uva students and how student workers are resp

21/08/2020

Who Should Respond to Mental Health-Related 911 Calls? Charlotte Rene Woods updates us on an idea to create a mobile crisis unit to respond to 911 calls when there’s a mental health concern. And we talk to Kaymin Hester, a Charlottesville High School student, whose essay about the twelve African-American students who integrated Charlottesville City Schools was awarded in the Jefferson School’s Liberation and Freedom Days essay contest.

Charlotte Rene Woods updates us on an idea to create a mobile crisis unit to respond to 911 calls when there’s a mental health concern. And we talk to Kaymin Hester, a Charlottesville High School stu

24/07/2020

This week we meet Jessie Higgins, the newest reporter at Charlottesville Tomorrow, and talk about why Albemarle county says it no longer needs to fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests in a timely manner. Plus we talk to pipeline activists from Buckingham about the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and environmental racism.

The Freedom of Information Act is one of the primary tools that we as citizens have to hold our governments accountable. This week we meet Jessie Higgins, the newest reporter at Charlottesville Tomorr

10/07/2020

This week we talk to Charlotte Rene Woods about her search to find out what’s actually in the Charlottesville Police Budget. Plus stay tuned to hear voices from the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project.

This week we talk to Charlotte Rene Woods about her search to find out what’s actually in the Charlottesville Police Budget. Plus stay tuned to hear voices from the Tretter Transgender Oral History Pr

01/07/2020

The Virginia Values Act became law today. Read more from Charlottesville Tomorrow here: https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/scotus-ruling-and-virginia-values-act-will-protect-lgbtq-virginians-in-the-workplace-and-beyond/
How can we further protect LGBTQ+ workers in the Charlottesville community and beyond?

In September 2012, Charley Burton was interviewed by a reporter while staffing a table for Black Transmen Inc., an advocacy organization of which he is a foundi

26/06/2020

This week we talked to Billy Jean Louis about his thought provoking article "Racism and Trauma: How daily stress impacts the health of Black communities"

This week we talk to Billy Jean Louis about School Resource Officers and his article on mental health in the Black community. Plus an update on Charlottesville’s confederate monuments and a new audio

23/06/2020

UVA Survivors orchestrated a call for reform regarding the University's response to sexual violence. Their list of demands received over a thousand signatures. Read more here:

Addressed to University administration, Title IX, and the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, the list of demands calls for “immediate, structural, and transformative change of the University of Virginia’s policies and resource allocation for sexual violence, sexual harassment, and int...

19/06/2020

Charlottesville Tomorrow recently shared updated COVID-19 coverage. Check out the latest for updates in the Thomas Jefferson Health District.

Our newsroom has made the decision to drop everything and focus on working for you, our community, to help answer the questions you have about what’s happening.

17/06/2020

SROs have been removed from Charlottesville City Schools, and the Albemarle County School Board has expressed a desire to follow their lead. Read more in this Charlottesville Tomorrow article:
https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/charlottesville-city-schools-to-remove-sros-from-buildings/
What are some other ways the Charlottesville area community should take action?

As more protests take place across the country asking for police reform, Charlottesville City Schools on Thursday morning announced that it cut ties with the Ch

13/06/2020

This week we focus on the local demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and racial justice efforts in central Virginia. Thanks so much Charlottesville Tomorrow Vinegar Hill Magazine and Haden Parrish.

This week we focus on the local demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. First we’ll catch up with Charlottesville Tomorrow about what they saw on the ground at the Charlottesvill