Dear ,

I seldom ask you for a financial contribution. But at mid-year, I invite you to donate to support the work.  If you donated last year, you also will receive our appeal by mail.

The work we did last year is presented in our 2022 Annual Report, and there's more... Already, in 2023, VICPP has:

·       Helped pass a modest reform of solitary confinement.

·       Improved resources for maternal health.

·       Advocated increased funds for affordable housing, childcare and an oversight office for the Department of Corrections. (These issues are still at play in the budget.)

We are leading a statewide effort to engage congregations in becoming 100 percent voting congregations. This work is critical given the importance of the state elections. We’ll be hosting non-partisan candidate forums, organizing postcarding to infrequent voters and testing some canvassing in neighborhoods with many infrequent voters. 

VICPP has joined with the Living Wage for Us program to be a pilot partnership in certifying employers as living wage certified. This summer we are inviting congregations to become living wage certified – congregations employ people too!    

We are also surveying denominations to find out how they are supporting congregations in considering affordable housing projects.

Please invest in this important work.

Most of us give to charitable operations – soup kitchens, shelters and other direct services. This work can be amplified or stymied based on public policies.  If you have not yet given to the Virginia Interfaith Center, please consider how your gift to us complements your direct service charitable support.

Your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. Thank you for your donation.

Gratefully yours,

Kim Bobo
Executive Director

P.S.  You can donate safely online. Or, you can mail a check to VICPP, 1716 E Franklin Street, Richmond, VA  23223.  We also accept stock donations – email me for details.

Become a 100% Voting Congregation!

With important General Assembly elections coming up this fall, it’s key for faith communities to live out their values as faithful citizens and voters. Encourage your congregational leadership to sign the 100% pledge! Find out more at the button below.

Leading by example... Join our campaign to certify 100 Virginia congregations as living wage employers! Will yours be one of them?

Kudos and thanks to our latest role models in this effort!

Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church in Burke, VA

Want to be next?  Apply now by clicking the link!

Join our online, moral deep dive into Matthew Desmond's Poverty, by America.  VICPP board members will host five sessions: Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m., August,1 - 29.  Please register and join us on Zoom! We'll take two chapters per week--no tests! Come to one or all five, whatever works for you!

Not sure about your new districts -- or your registration status?

If you aren’t familiar with your new House and Senate districts, check today at the fabulous website run by the Virginia Public Access Project – VPAP. Simply type your home address to obtain the latest info about your new House and Senate Districts and who is running in November.

If you are not sure you are registered to vote, or to simply confirm your status with the Virginia Department of Elections, use the button below.

VPAP has updated its analysis of the partisan lean of each of the 140 legislative districts, which will get their first general election test in November. The VPAP Index identifies the most competitive districts — four in the state Senate and seven in the House — that likely will determine which party controls the General Assembly next year.

VICPP was warmly hosted by leadership and 300 members of the Baptist General Convention of Virginia as partners in promoting vaccine education and voter engagement at their 124th Annual Session meeting this week.

Last Friday, Virginia Interfaith Center stood with Swissport Cargo employees at Dulles airport who are calling on management to address serious safety concerns. In April 2023, workers filed a complaint with Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). According to workers, they have since experienced intimidation from Swissport management. Speaking at Friday's event, Jase Hatcher, VICPP's Economic Justice Program Manager said, "The tagline for the Virginia Interfaith Center is 'All Faiths Believe in Justice' and what is happening here is a justice issue."

VICPP will continue to support the rights of every Virginian to organize to pursue safe, equitable, and dignified treatment in their workplace.