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HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal) and the City of Richmond are presenting a Housing Clinic this Saturday, April 24th from 9am-4pm at Blackwell Community Center (300 E. 15th St, Richmond, VA) Get help with: 1.) Avoiding Foreclosure 2.) Preventing Mortgage Scams 3.) Addressing Housing Discrimination Concerns RSVP today by calling (804) 354-0641 For an individual […]
Virginia is still beating the national average of a 70% return rate. Richmond’s numbers are still low at 61% but surrounding counties are doing it with 70-78% return rate. Please encourage your listeners to fill out the forms. The census count will determine how much money will be distributed to communities for jobs, housing, public […]
Via: www.newsone.com // There were 784,764 U.S. residents who described their race as white and black in the last census. But that number didn’t include Laura Martin, whose father is black and mother is white. “I’ve always just checked black on my form,” said Martin, a 29-year-old university employee in Las Vegas. She grew up surrounded […]
Via: www.wtvr.com Richmond taps local R&B star Chris Brown to highlight a census rally Tuesday. Brown, along with Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones, Virginia Union University President Dr. Claude Perkins, and Radio One Community Affairs Director Clovia Lawrence will rally at Henderson Square on VUU’s campus. That rally is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. A […]
Via: www.newsone.com // RICHMOND, Va. — Under pressure from critics, Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday called it a “major omission” not noting slavery in declaring April Confederate History Month in Virginia. As part of his mea culpa, McDonnell inserted into the proclamation a paragraph condemning slavery and blaming it as the cause of the Civil […]
Via: www.newsone.com // Virginia’s Republican Governor, Bob McDonnell has declared that April is Confederate history month, celebrating the many Southern whites who fought to preserve slavery and leave the union. No word as for when he will declare Nazi History month. Here is his statement regarding the declaration. This defining chapter in Virginia’s history should […]