February 2017 edition of "Talk to the Editor," the Defenders radio show, with special guest Abayomi Azikiwe on the U.S. role in Africa

The radio show of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, "Talk to the Editor," will air today from 2-3pm on WCLM 1450 AM. Your host is Phil Wilayto, editor of the Virginia Defender, and this month's special guest will be Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Detroit-based Pan African News Wire. Azikiwe will speak about the U.S. role in Africa. 

The call-in number is 804-231-7685. You can tune in worldwide via this link. 

I'm a member of the Defenders, and this is going to be a great show; check it out! 

Ana Edwards and Phil Wilayto of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality: "Save sacred ground for the future."

Check it out- Ana Edwards and Phil Wilayto, of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, wrote a piece for the Richmond Free Press on the need to memorialize the sacred ground in Shockoe Bottom. A good read, which you can find here.

If you have not yet signed on endorsing the Community Proposal for a 9-acre Shockoe Bottom Memorial Park, you can do so here.