Register for Day for All People

Dear ,

The elections are finished, and the delegates and senators have been determined – with the exception of one outcome that is still being finalized. In the meantime, we are working to update our email list with the newly elected officials, but if you have their contact information, congratulate them!

Now that the election is behind us, our team is shifting into high gear for the upcoming legislative season.

The General Assembly will be here before you know it! Now would be a great time to register for Day for All People, our annual advocacy day that lifts concerns of “all people” (especially those who have low-incomes and are marginalized) to legislators.

Here are the details:

Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Place: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (one block from the General Assembly)

Fee: $30 early bird rate ($40 after January 1, 2024)

Buses: Buses will be available for free from northern Virginia and Tidewater (exploring one from the west)

The day is energizing, impactful and a bit long for those who have to get up early to get to Richmond. We will have hot donuts to greet you, a keynote by Reggie Gordan, President and CEO of the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation and former head of the Richmond Office of Community Wealth Building, visits set up with legislators (or aides), workshops and denominational/faith gatherings.

REGISTER HERE

Over the next six weeks I’ll be reviewing our priority issues in the weekly roundups and asking you to take action. We’ll also be continuing to organize meetings with legislators, especially new ones.

I am so proud of the work Virginia Interfaith Center did this year to encourage people of faith to register and vote. Now it’s time to follow-up and advocate with those elected. I hope to see you in Richmond on January 17.

Sincerely,

Kim Bobo
Executive Director

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100% Voting Congregations

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We would like to take this moment to say a big thank you to all of our 95 faith communities and seminaries that made the 100% Voting commitment. This election had a record high turnout despite being a off year election, and that is in part of your commitment!

African Methodist Episcopal
- Abiding Faith Baptist Church (Heathsville)
- Allen Chapel AME Church (Staunton)
- Bethel AME (Hampton)
- Bethel AME Church, Roanoke
- Bethel AME (Wytheville)
- Beulah AME (Farmville)
- First Trinity AME (Chesapeake)
- Macedonia AME (Suffolk)
- Meadowview
  AME (Martinsville)
- Mount Zion AME Church (Martinsville)
- Mount Zion AME (Roanoke)
- Rohoboth AME Church (Chesapeake)
- St. James AME Church (Norfolk)
- St. Luke AME (Accomac)
- St. Paul AME Church (Blacksburg)
- St. Paul AME (Newport News)
- St. Paul AME (Portsmouth)
- St. Paul AME (Winchester)
- Third Street Bethel AME (Richmond)
- Trinity Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Union Bethel AME Church (Smithfield)
Baptist
- Abiding Faith Baptist (Heathsville)
- Asbury Christian Fellowship Church (Virginia Beach)
- Center Street Triumphant Baptist Church (Richmond)
- First Calvary Baptist Church (Norfolk)
- Good Shephard Baptist (Richmond)
- Gospel Baptist (Richmond)
- Grace and Peace Missionary Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Grayland Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Great Hope Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Macedonia Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Main Street Baptist Church (Suffolk)
- Mosby Memorial Baptist Church (Henrico)
- Mount Olive Baptist Church (Heathsville)
- Open Door Full Gospel Fellowship (Hampton)
- Pilgrim Journey Baptist Church (Henrico)
- Providence Park Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Providence Transformation Church (Lynchburg)
- Queen Esther Baptist Church (Molusk)
- Riverview Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Second Calvary (Norfolk)
- Shalom Baptist Fellowship (Richmond)
- Shiloh Baptist (Norfolk)
- Solid Rock Baptist Church (Chesapeake)
- St. Paul's Baptist Church (Richmond)
- Tabernacle Baptist Church (Chesterfield)
- The Mount Global Fellowship of Churches (Chesapeake)
- Third Baptist (Hampton)
- Thirty-first Street Baptist (Richmond)
- Total Praise Worship Center (Glen Allen)
- Trinity Baptist Church (Richmond)
Catholic
- Holy Family Catholic Church (Virginia Beach)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (Hampton)
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Church (Richmond)

Church of God In Christ
- Abundant Life Church of God in Christ (Richmond)
- Living Word Ministry (Virginia Beach)
- St. John's Church of God in Christ (Newport News)
- Calvary Episcopal Church (Front Royal)
Episcopal
- St. George's Episcopal Church (Arlington)
- St. John's Episcopal Church (Richmond)
- Abingdon Episcopal Church (Gloucester)
Friends (Quakers)
- Richmond Friends Meeting
Jewish
- Congregation Or Ami (Richmond)
- Temple Beth El (Richmond)
Lutheran
- Christ the Servant Lutheran Church (Reston)
- Good Shephard Lutheran Church (Alexandria)
Methodist
- Burke United Methodist Church
- Common Table (Richmond)
- Provision Church (Springfield)
- Wesley Memorial UMC (Richmond)
Muslim
- Islamic Center of Virginia (Chesterfield)
Non-Denominational Christian
- Center of Hope Church (Virginia Beach)
- Community Christian Center (Richmond)
- Faith Ministry Outreach (Hampton)
- Household of Faith Community Church (Bristol)
- New Hope Fellowship (Hartfield)
- Kingdom United Fellowship (Hampton)
Presbyterian
- Blacksburg Presbyterian Church
- Second Presbyterian Church (Richmond)
Seminaries
- Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology
- Union Presbyterian Seminary
- Virginia Theological Seminary
Unitarian Universalist
- Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church (Burke)
- Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalists (Virginia Beach)
- First Unitarian Universalist Church (Richmond)
- Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston
- Unitarian Universalist Church of the Shenandoah Valley (Stephens City)
- Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Glen Allen
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lynchburg
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Waynesboro
- Unitarian Universalist Church of the Highlands
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Peninsula (Newport News)
- Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists
United Church of Christ
- First Congregational UCC (Chesterfield)
- Rock Spring Congregational UCC (Arlington)
- St. John's UCC Richmond

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