Join the “Most Massive Moral Rally in the South Since Selma!”– North Carolina UU Clergy Arrested for Civil Disobedience Call for Your Help “We are going to have to really take upon ourselves a continuing and disciplined effort with no real hope that in our lifetime we are going to be able to take a vacation from the struggle for …
All Together Brown Bag Lunch
Williamsburg Baptist Church Please join the All Together Brown lunch discussion, Friday, December 6 , 2013 from noon to 1:30 at the Williamsburg Baptist Church Annex, 227 Richmond Road. This month’s speaker is Delegate-Elect Monty Mason. Mr. Mason is a resident of the City of Williamsburg and a 1989 graduate of the College of William and Mary. The discussion will …
Revolutions: Songs of Social Change – Presentation in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia Historical Society Seats are still available for the November 16 bus trip to Richmond and a special guided tour of the exhibit Revolutions: Songs of Social Change at the Virginia Historical Society by Dr. Lauranett Lee, curator of African American history. Dr. Lee will also give us a presentation on the Virginia Historical Society’s database of Virginia slave …
All Together Brown Bag Lunch
Williamsburg Baptist Church Join All Together on Friday, November 1 to hear JaLauna Burton, Senior Public Housing and Administrative Coordinator of Williamsburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Her topic is “Public Housing, Open to All, Selected by Few”. Brown Bag luncheons are held at Williamsburg Baptist Church, 227 Richmond Road at 12 noon. Please park and enter from the rear parking …
Narratives of Muslim Women Living in the West
James City County Human Services Building, 5249 Olde Towne Road Narratives of Muslim Women Living in the West, presented by Prof. Saama Abdurraqib. Professor Abdurraqib has a doctorate in English from UW-Madison and is currently working on a project that looks at the social and discursive co-optation of narratives by Muslim women in the West. Her talk focuses on the …
National Day of Dignity & Respect for Migrant Communities
Take Part in the Oct. 5th National Day of Dignity & Respect for Migrant Communities On October 5, 2013, a broad and diverse movement—including our vast immigrant communities in America as well as faith, labor, and civil rights groups—will join together in marches and rallies. On this National Day of Dignity and Respect, we will call Congress to pass immigration …
WJCC Literacy for Life Volunteer Training Available
WJCC is seeking volunteers to participate in the Literacy for Life training. Invest in the Future: Help a Child Learn to Read Make a difference in a child’s life and in the future of our community! Volunteer tutors will be: Trained by a reading specialist from Literacy for Life and at William & Mary’s School of Education. Matched …
Community Discussion on Literacy
Schell Room, Williamsburg Library The Williamsburg Area League of Women Voters Education Committee invites all area citizens to a community meeting to discuss a crisis: The cost of reading failure to the Nation’s taxpapers and businesses is estimated at $20 billion per year. (A National Crisis, United Way of America) Approximately 50% of Nation’s youth, age 16-19, are functionally unable …
The 5th Annual Hampton Roads Solar Tour
Save the date! The 5th Annual Hampton Roads Solar Tour is Saturday October 5, 10 am to 4 pm. On the Middle Peninsula there will be five homes to tour, and the methane gas conversion plant at Waste Management will offer guided tours. All area tours are on the same day this year. Links to the individual tours and …
All Together Brown Bag Lunch
Williamsburg Baptist Church “Reentry” into communities is difficult for the majority of prisoners leaving their incarceration. The returning individual has to overcome stereotyping and a multitude of immediate living issues. The community has to absorb an unknown quantity with a past to question. Typical issues are: money for daily living expenses, housing, job availability, clothing, transportation, a driver’s license, and …