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December 09, 2022

Here are upcoming RPA meetings and events. Note, most meetings are only open to RPA members, although allies and guests are often welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member, you may do so here. Dues may be waived if they are a barrier to...

December 07, 2022

Here are upcoming RPA meetings and events. Note, most meetings are only open to RPA members, although allies and guests are often welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member, you may do so here. Dues may be waived if they are a barrier to...

October 11, 2022

The RPA is proud to share a voter guide for the November 2022 elections. The items included on this guide undertook a multi-step approval process. 

October 11, 2022

By Alfredo Angulo The Terraces at Nevin, a multi-family and senior housing complex in Downtown Richmond. Photo courtesy of Apartments.com.  In the fight to make sure affordable housing isn't built on the toxic former AstraZeneca site, or that luxury housing isn't built at Point Molate,...

October 09, 2022

By Diana Wear Diana Wear and City Council candidate for D4 Jamin Pursell getting ready to canvass. People often ask me why I'm such an avid canvasser. I’ve been an RPA member for seven years, and each year I get new enthusiasm for walking...

October 09, 2022

By Shiva Mishek Photos courtesy of Sarah Ramani (Instagram: @sarahrmni). Sometime last week, I spoke to my mother on the phone about the protests happening in Iran. Major unrest has spread across the country since the police murder of Jîna Amini, a Kurdish woman who...

October 09, 2022

By Daniel Barth, Executive Director of Safe Organized Spaces Richmond Ramon Quintana from Collaborising and O’Neill Fernandez from SOS. Integral partnerships are created when funds are shared among organizations large and small, such as Collaborising and LifeLong Medical Care. Photo Credit: Maurice Tierney Safe Organized...

October 09, 2022

Here are upcoming RPA meetings and events. Note, most meetings are only open to RPA members, although allies and guests are often welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member, you may do so here. Dues may be waived if they are a barrier to...

September 01, 2022

By Pam Stello For over two decades, thousands of Richmond residents have supported a regional park at Point Molate and opposed the sale and destruction of Point Molate’s public land for gambling and luxury housing. And wisely — soon after the casino plan was...

September 01, 2022

Andrés Soto interviews Sue Wilson about politics and more on El Show de Andrés Soto. https://kpfa.org/program/elshowdeandressoto/ - August 12th recording