2019 Annual Celebration and Awards Benefit

  Purchase your ticket today for our 2019 Celebration & Awards Benefit
 

Join us on Thursday, September 19,  5:30-9:30 p.m. at the Hippodrome, a wonderful art deco theater in Richmond's historic Jackson Ward. Guests will enjoy cocktails and dinner while learning about the work of the Virginia Interfaith Center and honoring our award recipients. Funds raised will support the Virginia Interfaith Center's work to make Virginia a more compassionate and equitable Commonwealth. 
 

Become an Event Sponsor

Sponsors gain recognition by showing their support for the essential work of the Center. Sponsorships are available at a variety of levels, offering marketing benefits and customized packages for individuals, organizations, and companies.
 

For sponsorship info email:  
yanet@virginiainterfaithcenter.org 
or call 804-643-2474 x102 

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PARKING INFO FOR THE  HIPPODROME
1.Greater Richmond Convention Center Parking Deck
3rd Street and East Marshall Street. (Enter from 3rd Street.) - $6.00 per day
Pay attendant. Payments accepted; cash, Master Card, Visa, American Express.

2. Richmond Parking Surface Lot - East Marshall and 2^nd Street, (honor box) – $3.00 cash
3. Richmond Surface Lot - E. Marshall Street and 3rd Street (honor box-$5.00 cash)
4. Richmond Surface Lot - E. Marshall between 1st and 2nd Street (honor box-$3.00 cash)

Meet the Awardees 

We will honor community leaders who have made extraordinary contributions to help advance our mission to advocate immigrant justice, economic justice, criminal justice, environmental justice, and interfaith unity.

Immigrant Justice
Father Jack Podsiadlo, Sacred Heart Center
 

Economic Justice
Delegate Marcia “Cia” Price

Campaign to Reduce Evictions (CARE)accepted by

Christine Marra, Virginia Poverty Law Center and

Martin Wegbreit of Central Virginia Legal Aid

Criminal Justice
Valerie Slater, Executive Director, RISE for Youth

Environmental Justice
Friends of Buckingham
accepted by Swami Dayananda, Yogaville Environmental Solutions and

Pastor Paul Wilson, Union Hill Baptist Church

Journalist of the Year
The honoree will be announced at the event
 

About the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
 

The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) advocates economic, racial, social and environmental justice in Virginia’s policies and practices through education, prayer, and action. The organization includes more than 22,000 people of faith and other people of goodwill working through congregations, local chapters, college campuses, and online communities. VICPP’s current priorities include:
 

• Medicaid Expansion Enrollment:  VICPP was the leading faith voice advocating Medicaid expansion. This year, VICPP is helping to enroll hundreds of people through our Health Care Hope initiatives. 

• Wage justice:  VICPP passed two wage theft reforms in the General Assembly in 2019. One reform removes many of the Jim Crow-era exemptions from the Virginia Minimum Wage code (like newsboys and shoeshine boys). Another reform requires Virginia employers to provide most workers with a paystub explaining how they are paid. VICPP is organizing Living Wage Certification programs in Richmond, Alexandria, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, and Williamsburg to honor and recognize employers that pay living wages. 

• Welcoming all:  VICPP seeks to make Virginia more welcoming to immigrants, people of color and other marginalized people. VICPP advocated a Driver’s Privilege Card and In-State Tuition for immigrants. Neither passed the 2019 General Assembly, but VICPP will work to pass them in 2020. In addition, VICPP supports the Central Virginia Sanctuary Network and encourages congregations in N. Virginia to support the Sanctuary Network.

• Criminal justice reform.  VICPP supported reforms and convened a criminal justice table of advocates during the 2019 General Assembly. VICPP is urging the Governor to create a task force to address broader criminal justice reforms in 2020.

• Environmental justice.  VICPP merged with Virginia Interfaith Power and Light (VAPIL), which is focused on climate change and environmental racism. VAIPL mobilized faith support for families in Buckingham County opposing the placement of a compressor station in their neighborhood.
  
  To learn more visit: virginiainterfaithcenter.org