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VCU to sponsor Youth-Violence Prevention Forum
From the VCU press release:
RICHMOND, Va. – In response to the numerous cases of youth violence reported around the nation, Virginia Commonwealth University will bring together families, educators, mental-health professionals and community and youth leaders to discuss how they can work together to curb the growing problem.
Presented by the VCU Department of Psychiatry’s Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and the Virginia Treatment Center for Children, the 39th annual Child Psychiatry Spring Forum, to be held from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on May 11, will focus on “Exploring Partnerships for Peaceful Communities: Enhancing Positive Youth Choices and Breaking the Cycle of Violence.”
The daylong program will present successful violence-prevention programs, along with ideas for forming partnerships between communities and universities. The forum will highlight the new VCU Center on Youth Violence Prevention, which was recently funded with $1.2 million from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The forum will include performances by the Richmond Girls’ Choir and “Drums, No Guns!,” a national youth movement for the prevention of handgun violence. Students from Open High School in Richmond’s Oregon Hill neighborhood will perform with “Drums, No Guns!”
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The program will be held at the VCU Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Registration for the event is $45, which includes lunch and parking. For more information or to register, contact Eunice Seaborn at (804) 828-4393 or at CICFS@vcu.org.
Obituary for Shirley Garnett
Excerpt from the Times Dispatch obituary:
GARNETT, Shirley Enroughty, 81, went to be with the angels on April 30, 2011. Shirley, the oldest daughter of Edward (Buddy) and Lottie Enroughty, was born in Richmond, raised on Oregon Hill, and graduated from John Marshall High School. Shirley is survived by her husband of 58 years, Louis Garnett and her loving children, Susan Seward and Brian Garnett and their spouses, David and Wendy.
S. Belvidere Closed Saturday For Race
From the Richmond Police Department:
The Richmond Police Department would like for drivers and citizens to be alert and prepared for the following disruptions in normal traffic flow during this Saturday’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K.
East Byrd Street will be closed between South 5th and South 7th streets to accommodate the Start and Finish lines. It will be closed on Saturday from 12:01 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The following streets and bridges will lose a single travel lane to accommodate the event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.:
*Manchester Bridge southbound to Semmes Avenue exit
*Semmes Avenue westbound to Cowardin Avenue
*Cowardin Avenue north across the Lee Bridge northbound
*South Belvidere Street northbound to East Byrd Street
Byrd House Market Opens Official 2011 Season
From announcement:
Byrd House Market opens it’s 5th season on Tuesday, May 3rd having grown from 27 to 32 vendors offering fresh, seasonal, locally grown fruits, vegetables and plants, locally made desserts, baked and canned goods, meats, butter, more hot and ready-to-eat foods and an array of ornamental plants, cut flowers, and handcrafted items. We are delighted to have a winery with us this season and BHM is proud to be home to many of our area’s finest fresh food subscription (aka CSA – Consumer Supported Agriculture) vendors. New and returning vendors help keep our market almost 95% food-focused, ensuring the widest possible array of delicious, healthy food selections.
EAT GOOD GROW GREAT is the operating principle behind William Byrd Community House’ nutrition education program and is the reason-being for this historic social services agency to have added a farmers market, community garden and production farmlet to its rich array of services for Richmond families in need. Good nutrition is key to healthy living and by also teaching it we see the WBCH mission — transforming lives … building self-sufficiency – in action, every day.
Byrd House Market is open Tuesdays, May through October, 3:30 – 7:00 pm.
For a detailed list of vendors and other market information, please visit our blog: byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com!
Upcoming…
Really Really Free Market Saturday
School choice group meets Saturday
Disney’s Beauty and The Beast continues at the Landmark Theater
Pine Street yard/garage sale on Saturday-
May Day Parade…er…Celebration on Sunday
Pescados brunch service starts on Sunday
Monday is City Council budget meeting…perhaps we will see if Patrick Henry School gets more funding.
And don’t forget that Tuesday is the first official Byrd Market of the year!
Also Tuesday, there’s a meeting about Richmond’s transportation policy…I might have a few thoughts on that.
Parental Choice Group Forms in Richmond
From Richmond Magazine article:
A new organization has emerged from the seemingly perpetual public-policy dust-up surrounding Richmond’s first public charter school and last year’s state law changes that simplify the process of creating new charter schools in Virginia.
The Greater Richmond Education Reform Alliance will hold an organizational and informational meeting this Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Anointed Worship Center, at 4909 Government Road, located in the Fulton area of Richmond’s East End. The event is open to all, says Keisha Cummings, chairwoman of the board of the newly formed advocacy group.
“What it is is a call to action,” says Cummings, who previously served as the first Parent Teacher Association president at the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, where her daughter attends. “We want to inform people about what we’re talking about … and help them to advocate for whatever it is that they want for their children.”
By focusing its advocacy efforts on the more broad “whatever” that parents may seek, Cummings says, the new group seeks to avoid endorsing a single option — or even to risk appearing to be advocating against more traditional public schools.
“The organization was started to educate parents and to advocate for education reform, and to do that by educating parents in Richmond and the metro area,” she says. “It’s not so much we’re advocating for charter schools, but education options.”
May Day Parade Controversy
Despite the American Civil Liberties Union’s assistance, the memorandum opinion 4-28-11 came out today against the plaintiff.
From the Times Dispatch article:
A federal judge on Thurday morning turned down an ACLU bid that would allow an activist group to hold a May Day parade in Richmond without paying for off-duty police escorts.
“Obviously we’re very disappointed with the ruling, and our clients will have to make a decision on how to proceed,” said Rebecca Glenberg, legal director of the ACLU of Virginia.
In a ruling, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson wrote, among other things, that the group failed to show the Richmond police decision to deny the parade permit “was based on anything other than reasonable public policy considerations.”
The ACLU asked Hudson to allow the Richmond May Day Coalition/Organizing Committee to hold a May Day parade Sunday without paying $294 for off-duty police officers to serve as escorts.
The “May Day International Workers Day” was expected to draw 200 or more participants and involve marching bands, banners, flags, a bull horn and a small public address system, said city officials.
The parade would start at Monroe Park, proceed west on Main Street, north on Lombardy Street, east on Broad Street, south on Laurel Street and end back at Monroe Park.
Urgent Request For Patrick Henry School
I received this request via email:
We Need Parents to come to City Council Monday, May 2nd at 6pm
It is URGENT that families, friends and neighbors show up in support of Patrick Henry at the next City Council meeting. $500,000 hangs in the balance! This money would help so much with renovating the school building on Semmes. Councilman Marty Jewel is requesting $500,000 to go to PHSSA. Not every request is honored, but by showing how much we care about our school we help our chances. Please make every effort to go to City Hall, 2nd floor this Monday night.PS. Live in Marty Jewel’s district? Get your neighbors involved! A renovated and active school adds to the neighborhood!
For more on the Patrick Henry School, click here.
April Really Really Free Market (3rd Year Anniversary!)
From the Facebook page:
Richmond’s Really Really Free Market is celebrating 3 years this April!
Come join the community on Saturday April 30th from noon until 3pm at the corner of Main and Laurel in Monroe Park. Bring your excess and unwanted things- food, books, cds, movies, clothes, furniture, knick knacks, paddy whacks (no live animals though), to share with other people. Its good for the environment, its good for your wallet, and its good for building community.
This weekend is also May Day weekend, which includes workshops on Saturday and Sunday, as well as a rally and parade on Sunday. There will be out of town people around, so hopefully the RRFM will be a fun place to hang out. You can find out more about these events at www.maydayrva.org
Please bring games to play, music to play, balls or frisbees to throw around etc.
Anyone interested in performing, giving workshops, tabling with free literature etc. is more than welcome to.
As always, folks are encouraged to make their own fliers to advertise this event.This event and more can be found at www.rvaradicalendar.blogspot.com