Event on Racist Housing Covenants; NSU Homecoming Deets; Tezlyn Figaro to Keynote Fairfax NAACP; Kamala Postcard Events
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Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones Picked for Rodel Fellowship Class of ‘25
Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones has been selected as a member of the prestigious Rodel Fellowship Class of 2025. The distinguished program for state and local elected officials from across the country gathers 24 leaders—equally divided between the two major political parties—for a series of seminars that focus on leadership development.
This prestigious program, seeks to cultivate, “thoughtful dialogue among a distinguished group of diverse political leaders, promoting collaboration across party lines and fostering a strong commitment to democratic principles.”
“This program will not only deepen my understanding of effective leadership but will also provide an invaluable platform for collaboration with fellow leaders who are dedicated to serving our communities and strengthening our democracy,” Mayor Jones said in a statement released this morning (Oct. 17, 2024).
Below: Mayor Jones joined Congressman Scott on Oct. 10 in delivering $1 million in federal funds to improve the Seafood Industrial Park in Newport News.
What to Do If You Think You’ve Been Mistakenly Removed from the Voter Rolls in Virginia
By Charlotte Woods for Virginia Mercury: For anyone who became a citizen since their last DMV visit, or who suspects they made an error filing out their paperwork that would have booted them from voter lists, there are still ways to cast a ballot in next month’s elections. READ ENTIRE
Details on Norfolk State University Homecoming
State Senator L. Louise Lucas will be the Grand Marshal at Norfolk State University’s Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.
Leader Surovell, Del. Krizek, Event on Racial Covenants on Property
In an informative release yesterday, Virginia Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell and Delegate Paul Krizek have announced an Oct. 26 event on removing historically discriminatory racial covenants. 🏠 The release:
Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell and Delegate Paul Krizek are hosting a workshop to assist property owners with removing historically discriminatory racial covenants from their property records. In Fairfax County, racial covenants in land deeds were one of the primary tools used to segregate neighborhoods during the 1900s until they were invalidated by the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
Date and Time: Removing Racial Covenants Workshop, Saturday, October 26, 2024, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., WISH Center, 7950 Audubon Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 22306, RSVP at scottsurovell.org/Oct26. If you can attend, please sign up at scottsurovell.org/Oct26.
Examples:
🚩 Hybla Valley Farms: “No part of the said land shall be granted, leased, sold or conveyed to a person or persons of African descent, nor for the use and/or occupancy of a person or persons of African descent; and if any attempt to grant, lease, sell or convey any part of said land to a person or persons of African descent, the deed of said land shall revert to the grantor as though said deed or lease had not been made; and adjoining property owners may eject such person or persons of African descent from said property; or cause them to be so ejected by the proper action of the courts of Virginia."
🚩 Hollindale: "That said property shall never be used or occupied by, or sold, demised, transferred, conveyed unto or in trust for, leased or rented, or given to negroes or any person or persons of negro blood or extraction, or to any person of the Semitic race, blood or origin, or Jews, Armenians, Hebrews, Persians and Syrians, except that this paragraph shall not be held to exclude partial occupancy of the premises by domestic servants of any owners of the said property."
🚩 Lund Washington Estates: “That not [no] lot That not [no] lot or any interest therein shall be sold, rented, leased or in any manner conveyed to or acquired by any person not of the Caucasian Race and of Christian Faith."or any interest therein shall be sold, rented, leased or in any manner conveyed to or acquired by any person not of the Caucasian Race and of Christian Faith."
Ongoing efforts are underway to find these covenants and document where they can be found in property deeds in order to educate residents and take steps to remove discriminatory language where it still exists.
🚩 Read more about the history here: New study exposes racial restrictions in historical Fairfax property deeds | FFXnow
In the Mount Vernon Area, land records racial covenants have been identified in over 30 neighborhoods including:📍Hybla Valley Farms, Hollindale, Wellington, Hollin Hall, Groveton, Belle Haven, Jefferson Manor, Huntington.
Check if your home likely has a racial covenant using the interactive map at: documentingexclusion.org/map
Join us on at the workshop on October 26 to:
Learn about the history of racially exclusive covenants in Northern Virginia
Confirm whether your home and property has racially exclusive covenant language
Receive help from onsite paralegals to facilitate removal of covenants from your home and property.
Locke It Down: See You in Hampton!
Newport News, WWBW: VP Harris Birthday Postcard Events
📫 VP HARRIS BIRTHDAY POSTCARD EVENT - October 20th is Vice-President Kamala Harris's birthday. There will be a postcard writing and notecard writing birthday party on Sunday, October 20th from 6-7:30 PM at Smoke BBQ Restaurant located at 10900 Warwick Avenue in Newport News, Va.
📫 WIN WITH BLACK WOMEN VIRGINIA - Virginia's Largest Postcard Writing Party is coming on Oct. 22, 2024! Sign up now! CLICK HERE
🚩 Virginia Courts rolls out new website📍https://www.vacourts.gov/
Souls to the Polls, Sunday Voting Rally 🐟 Fish Fry Events
📍Oct. 20, 2024: DMV, 2731 Canton Hill Rd, Woodbridge, VA; We will setup at 11am. Service will start at 12:30pm to 4:30pm. Signup NOW!
📍Oct. 27, 2024: At Mount Vernon Registrar's Office, 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA. We'll set up at 11am, Service will begin at 1pm to 4:30pm. Signup NOW!
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