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Determined Series
Determined Series wins Awards from the Virginia Press Association
Community Development, Covid-19 Resources, Determined Series
Virginia Press Association awarded for Vinegar Hill & Charlottesville Tomorrow for the Determined Series collaboration. Determined received...
Still Determined: A Chance for Redemption
Covid-19 Resources, Determined Series
Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker and Dr. Max Luna of the UVA Latino Health Initiative reflect on the virus’ lasting legacy in the region, and...
Still Determined: Economic Revival
Business, Covid-19 Resources, Determined Series
A year into the COVID-19 crisis, the city of Charlottesville helps local minority-owned businesses fight back from the brink, and assists community...
Still Determined: School Daze
Covid-19 Resources, Determined Series
Charlottesville City Schools leaders, teachers, and students pull together and press forward in preparation for their return to in-person...
Still Determined: Mending Minds of Color
Determined Series, Health and Wellness
A Charlottesville mental health services agency helps holistically heal the minds, bodies and spirits of Black, Latinx, and underprivileged women,...
Still Determined: Vaccine Vexation
Covid-19 Resources, Determined Series
Black and Latinx people are dying disproportionately from COVID-19 in the Piedmont region; why have so few been vaccinated? by Samantha Willis |...
Coverage of COVID-19 Returns as “Still Determined”
Covid-19 Resources, Determined Series
Beginning February 16, the Charlottesville Inclusive Media Project and journalist Samantha Willis will revisit the Determined series and embark on a new community storytelling project called “Still Determined”
Determined Epilogue: A conversation with Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker
In closing the Determined series, we wanted readers to hear from Mayor Nikuyah Walker. Born and raised in Charlottesville, and having devoted much of her life to serving others, Walker is in a unique position that affords her daily conversations with the region’s most determined residents, and those who are often not prioritized by our systems and structures. She is also the only Black official on either the City Council or the Board of Supervisors.
Determined to Be Free
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, at least twice a week Home to Hope staff went to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ) to talk with inmates about their upcoming release — to develop short and long term goals, and discuss what’s called a Wellness Recovery Access Plan (WRAP).
Determined to Thrive
In the face of relentlessly racist and discriminatory practices, Black residents have been looking out for one another for centuries. Mutual aid is an old and revered practice in the greater Charlottesville region’s African American history from the Piedmont Industrial Land Improvement Co. that served as a shareholding, credit lending, community organizing and property purchasing organization.
Determined to Stay
Community Development, Determined Series, Politics
Charlottesville has been in an affordable housing crisis for years now, made more imperative because of longstanding racial and economic systems of segregation that have denied successful life outcomes to many generations of Black residents while gifting many white residents with wide-ranging structural and policy supports.
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Community Development, Education, Hometown Heroes, Naila Smith
Zyahna Bryant: Black Woman Activist
by Naila A. Smith, PhD Zyahna Bryant is a powerhouse. At 22 years old, the Charlottesville native, youth activist, and community organizer, has shown up, spoken out, and been a catalyst for change in her community for the past decade. Zyahna’s first racial...
Health and Wellness, Katrina Spencer, Travel
#Blaxit: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
When I connect with Devon Davis Kitzo-Creed through Zoom, it’s 7:00 p.m. in Central Europe for her and 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in the States for me. Devon has immigrated abroad and is pursuing midwifery studies. Yes-- the age-old profession of bringing life...
Business, Channing Mathews, Community Development, Food and Drink
The Pearl of the Antilles in Charlottesville
by Channing Mathews The story of Pearl Island Cafe is a search for identity, passion, and roots. The delightful smells and artwork of the Caribbean-inspired restaurant draw you in for a warm taste of the Caribbean, right in the heart of the Jefferson School African...
Community Development, Education, Entertainment, History, Hometown Heroes, Niya Bates
(re)Reflector 02: A Queen Celebrates Juneteenth and Black Freedom
by Niya Bates and Ms. Maxine Holland If you’ve attended a Black cultural event in Charlottesville, chances are you’ve seen Ms. Maxine Holland adorned in regal West African prints, with a gele (Nigerian) or duku (Ghanaian) head wrap crowning her head as she danced...
Community Development, Education, Entertainment, Health and Wellness, Jessica Harris
Jayla Rose Hart & The Black Monologues
by Jessica Harris; featured photo of Jayla Rose Hart by John Robinson You might not have heard of multi-hyphenate artist and poet Jayla Rose Hart, but undoubtedly it won’t be long before you do. Jayla’s star burns brightly and, thankfully, she has no plans of...
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