Browsing Category
Equity
26 posts
Empowering Neurodivergent Voters: Vote the Spectrum VA Helps Make Elections Accessible for All
As someone who self-identifies as neurodivergent, Andrew Markwalter understands the difficulties of navigating systems that weren’t exactly built…
Four Virginia-Based Nonprofits Serving the Hispanic/Latino Community
According to the 2022 U.S. Census Bureau, the Hispanic population is the nation’s largest racial or ethnic minority,…
Sylvia’s Sisters Fighting Period Poverty in Central Virginia
“Hey, do you have a pad?” For school-aged menstruators, that gut-sinking feeling of starting your period without the…
Creating Safe Spaces with Side by Side
The city of Richmond illuminates in June – not with streetlights, but rainbows. An adopted symbol of the…
AFOI: Breaking Down Barriers for Families of the Incarcerated
When incarcerated individuals stay connected with their families, rates of recidivism – meaning the tendency for criminals to…
The Kwek Society Fights to End Period Poverty
One in three students in America leaves or misses school entirely because they don’t have access to period…
OAR of Richmond: Reentry the Richmond way
OAR of Richmond, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals who have been impacted by the criminal justice…
2023 Women’s History Month Nonprofit Roundup
Throughout history, women have played a major role in influencing and revolutionizing societal and political issues – often…
A Q&A with The Read Center’s Nausha Brown-Chavez
Everyone needs and deserves a literate life. That is the core belief of The Read Center, a community-based…
Jacob’s Chance is for Everyone
As Kate Mardigian walked off the baseball field with her two young sons 15 years ago, she passed…