Tomorrow, January 29th 2017: Protest the Muslim Ban

Tomorrow, Sunday January 28th 2017, from 3-5pm, at the VCU Monroe Park Campus Compass (900 Park Avenue, Richmond VA), there will be a protest against Trump's executive order suspending the admission of refugees and banning the immigration of people from Libya, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. This ban will last for 90 days, except in the case of Syrian refugees, which are banned permanently. 

The order prohibits the entry of people from specific Muslim-majority countries, instead of making entry conditional on religion, because the Trump administration considered it more likely to hold up to a constitutional challenge. (And, quite possibly, because Trump has business interests in several Muslim-majority countries which might be hurt by subjecting their citizens to a ban.)

For more info and to RSVP, see this link.

Art Show: Welcome Refugees by Emily Patton

This Friday, December 2nd 2016, from 6-9pm, at EDIT: an art gallery for good (8 East Broad Street, Richmond VA), photographer Emily Patton will be showing a series of photos. From the event description: "This show is focused on the current refugee crisis that is happening within the country of Turkey. Come out for First Friday to see portraits of Iraqi and Syrian people and hear their stories."

Free, open to the public. 

For more info and to RSVP, see this link. To copy this event to your Google Calendar, click here.