NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson takes her place among the stars
Three African-American astronauts joined hundreds of other mourners Saturday, March 7, at a funeral service for trailblazing mathematician and NASA pioneer Katherine G. Johnson.
Personality: Patrice A. Beard
Spotlight on board chair of the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Central Virginia
There are millions of people managing mental illness in America, with 25 percent of adults and 20 percent of children diagnosed with a mental health condition. For the thousands in Central Virginia currently living with a condition, they have a helping hand in the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Central Virginia and Patrice A. Beard.
Think about bus operators on Transit Driver Appreciation Day
Do you know what Wednesday, March 18, is? National Bus Driver Appreciation Day. It is also known as Transit Driver Appreciation Day.
Cathy’s Camp to be shut down by March 31, displacing homeless
Complete closure and removal. That’s what’s ahead for Cathy’s Camp, the tent community that sprang up in recent months adjacent to the city’s winter overflow shelter and across the street from the Richmond Justice Center.
Confederate monuments are ‘artifacts of collective pain’
Re Letter to the Editor “Confederate monuments speak truth to power,” Free Press Feb. 27-29 edition:
Women in STEM fields continue to make history by Julianne Malveaux
Few in these United States had heard of Katherine G. Johnson, the gifted mathematician who finished high school and college at 18.
Honoring mothers during Women's History Month by Dr. E. Faye Williams
Just like Black History Month, Women’s History Month started out only as a week.Along the way, we were ultimately honored with an International Women’s Day. Women around the world are celebrated that day.
Dr. Fania Davis to speak on education and justice March 12
Dr. Fania Davis, co-founder of the Restorative Justice of Oakland Youth in California, will be the keynote speaker at a community forum on equity in education 6 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1000 Mosby St.
RPS Fine Arts Festival March 14 at Huguenot High
The artistic creativity of Richmond Public Schools students will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Huguenot High School, host of the annual RPS Fine Arts Festival of visual arts, music, dance and theater.
15th Annual Richmond History Makers recognized
The Valentine, the museum of Richmond history, presented its 15th Annual Richmond History Makers awards to individuals and organizations that are making a difference in the capital city Tuesday during a ceremony at Virginia Union University.
Award-winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott to show films at James River Film Festival
Kevin Willmott has a great story to share with Richmonders when he arrives next week for the James River Film Festival RVA.
Richmond's Maliek White gives big boost to Providence College
Providence College is among the hottest teams in NCAA basketball, and Richmonder Maliek White is a key reason why.
Raising a fist for the ERA
Re: “Questions, lawsuit arise as Va. ratifies ERA,” Free Press Jan. 30-Feb. 1 edition:
Homage to Dr. Seuss and education
March 2 was the 116th birthday of the beloved author, Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss.
Accountability needed over owner of historic African American cemeteries
I’m not from Richmond, but I have kin in the ground at East End Cemetery, which is adjacent to Evergreen Cemetery. Henry Tunstall, instant son of my grandfather's sister, was buried there in 1913.
Be counted in 2020 Census by Gaylene Kanoyton
Conversations about the importance of respecting human dignity often are centered around individual worth and the intrinsic value we each have as contribu- tors, in ways small and large, to the world around us.
Election security is paramount by Marc H. Morial
“Since at least 2014, known and unknown individuals, operating as part of a broader Russian effort known as ‘Project Lakhta,’ have engaged in political and electoral interference operations targeting populations within the Russian Federation and in various other countries, including, but not limited to, the United States, members of the European Union, and Ukraine. Since at least May 2014, Project Lakhta’s stated goal in the United States was to spread distrust towards candidates for political office and the political system in general.” – U.S. Criminal Complaint against Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, accused chief accountant of “Project Lakhta,” a Russian effort targeting foreign audiences in the United States, members of the European Union and Ukraine, among others.
Super Tuesday redux
Lessons learned from Super Tuesday, the Democratic presidential primary contest held this week in Virginia and 13 other states and American Samoa, which was won overwhelmingly by former Vice President Joe Biden:
Former Gov. Wilder to mark his historic inauguration's 30th anniversary at VUU
A daylong leadership symposium honoring the 30th anniversary of the inauguration of former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first African-American elected governor, will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Virginia Union University’s Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center, 1500 N. Lombardy St.
