The advocacy and activism committee leads awareness and community-building events to promote justice in execution of the Racial Truth & Reconciliation Virginia mission and goals. The committee works to connect…
Voices for Virginia’s Children is establishing a small cohort of youth advocates, comprised of young change makers, to join us for Advocacy Days at the General Assembly in January 2022….
As Congress is poised to act on the social infrastructure agenda known as Build Back Better, we wanted to give a better sense of the transformational impact this legislation will…
Advocates, school personnel, mental health clinicians, and families have been saying for years – even before the pandemic – that children’s mental health access is in a state of emergency….
This year marked Virginia’s 2nd Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week (RTRW), a virtual week-long conference hosted by Voices for Virginia’s Children. It promotes the reckoning of Virginia’s past to reconcile…
Voices for Virginia’s Children to Host 2nd Annual Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week Governor Northam to give keynote address on state policy panel August 19, 2021 RICHMOND, Va. – From…
Racial Truth and Reconciliation Week 2021 Speaker Bios Allison Gilbreath, Policy and Programs Director, Voices for Virginia’s Children Allison Gilbreath is the Policy and Programs Director at Voices for Virginia’s…
It is important that the voices of children from all backgrounds are represented in the literature that they read. Recent estimates show that for children’s books, only 10% represent Black…
Recently, the Data and Research team at Voices for Virginia’s Children conducted community equity assessments for two Trauma-Informed Community Networks (TICNs) in Virginia. These Trauma-Informed Community Networks work to identify…
**Community-Centered** While you may hear phrases, such as “returning to normal” or “from the pandemic,” some may argue that we must not return to the same practices we used before…
