Families Belong Together Rally to Protest Border Separations

Saturday, June 30 2018, at 12pm noon, at the Virginia Civil Rights Monument (on the grounds of the Virginia state capitol, 1000 Bank St., Richmond VA), NextGen Virginia is holding a Families Belong Together rally to protest the Trump administration's new policy of mandatory family separation at the border.

Note that if you RSVP through the MoveOn.org event page, a condition of signing up is agreeing to obey police orders unconditionally at the event. However, this is an outdoor event on state property, so registration isn't required to attend.

For more info and to RSVP, see the link.

Counter Protest: Corey Stewart's Anti-Immigrant Rally

This Saturday, March 4th 2017, at 1pm, at the Bell Tower at the Virginia Capitol (101 North 9th Street, Richmond VA), gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart will be holding a rally against sanctuary cities, cities which have taken steps to shield their immigrant populations from the brutality of ICE raids. There will be a counter-demonstration. 

Corey Stewart, who is running for Virginia governor, was the chair of Donald Trump's Virginia campaign, until he was fired for staging a protest against the Republican National Convention, alleging that the "establishment pukes" were insufficiently pro-Trump. Stewart has made a name for himself promoting persecution of immigrants in Prince William County, where he is the chairman of the Board of Supervisors. He frequently boasts that he "was Trump before Trump."

For more info and to RSVP, see this link. 

Seas Are Rising, So Are We— Press Conference at the Virginia Capitol

Tuesday, February 28th 2017, from 12-1pm, at the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (101 North 9th Street, Richmond VA), the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter is joining with communities impacted by sea level rise to give a press conference outside of the governor's climate work group meeting. Join them to demand that our elected officials listen to the people who will be most harmed by sea level rise, not just the big polluters with big money. From the event description:

"Together we will ask that the governor urgently cuts carbon pollution in Virginia as sea level rise endangers Virginians’ public safety, financial security and well-being. We will call for carbon pollution from power plants to be reduced at least 30% by the year 2030."

For more info and to RSVP, see this link.

Ditch Dirty Fuels! Rally at the Virginia Capitol

Tomorrow, Monday January 23rd 2017, from 11:45am-1pm, at the Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank Street, Richmond VA), Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, and the Chesapeake Bay Group Sierra Club are holding a rally to demand a switch from dirty fracked gas to sustainable, clean energy sources like solar and wind. 

For more information and to RSVP, see the link.

2017 Vigil & Advocacy Day Against Gun Violence at the General Assembly

Monday, January 16th 2017, from 2-5pm, at the Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank Street, Richmond VA), the DC chapter of Moms Demand Action are holding a vigil followed by meetings with legislators on the issue of gun violence. 

For more info and to RSVP, see here. To add this event to your Google calendar, click here.