#RVACouncil is starting momentarily! Check out the thread below for some high level details before we dive in. 🧜‍♀️

https://twitter.com/rvadirt/status/1866165743718449418

All members of #RVACouncil are present and accounted for EXCEPT for Andreas Addison. 🧜‍♀️

Hey 🛋️ here, my job this week is Beach, I’m still going to try and live tweet the #RPSBoard meeting tonight. Follow along or watch on YouTube youtube.com/live/z1NZiq-Sq…
They pledged. Looks like absent is 1st. 3rd. And 6th so far. Adopting the agenda as presented. On a roll so far! 🛋️

Hot enough for everyone? 🛋️ here at my 4th Mayoral forum this one hosted by the Richmond Crusade for Voters. They are getting started. Introduction to the Richmond Crusade for Voters and what they offer to the community. Transparency. Ms Antoinette Essa is the moderator tonight. 🛋️

Here at the 3rd mayoral forum of the season ready to live tweet 🛋️ Live stream on Facebook 🛋️



The vibe here is very fun and they have Spanish interpreters here. Lots of union representatives here. I spy REA also.facebook.com/seiuvirginia512

They received a summer school presentation. Lots of field trips and enrichment. Developing leadership pipeline by using qualified staff as principals instead of APs. 25 kids will earn their diplomas 🛋️ SHM: excited to catch some students from 23 cohort and get them a diploma. Loves field trips. Recommendation add Norfolk state to field trip list. Sawyer thanks her for her hard work. He went to Fisher and saw the amazing work. Dixon just giving her the flowers thought leader 🛋️

Public Comment: Ms Gilbert office associate at Fox and REA board member. Some tense moments and hard times she cries talking about her deceased parent. Thanks admin for collective bargaining agreement. 🛋️ Elizabeth Wate RSEAC special ed advisory committee. Request guide for outside treatment providers. Schools to address bullying and victims and request different services IEP development process frustrations. 🛋️

🛋️ and 🪴 and seedling (oldest 🪴 bb) here at Dogwood for the 2nd district mayoral forum at Dogwood Middle. They have AC so things are already looking up! All candidates at their seats. Cheers when Katherine Jordan announces the AC is getting turned up 🛋️

Receive final engagement plan of Dreams for RPS 2.0. Added living room chats, alumni chats, REA conversations, locations in each board member district. Young proposes to approve. White - how many of the 10 dreams for RPS 1.0 goals did we accomplish this year? JK- not fully prepared and data still being gathered. After pandemic all divisions had setbacks. Setting new baselines. White- since we don’t have data what will be different since we’ll have less?

🛋️ and 🪴 hiding in the back of the Huguenot auditorium with our chargers while School Board members are trickling still in! Getting ready to start… Or “still trickling in” - whatever 😂 there’s a bunch of press too. Here’s the agenda, complete with a la croix ring 🙃

A reminder that this FB live event from @VCUHealth @VCUPharmacyCPPI is in a few hours. If you have #COVID19 or vaccination concerns, let EXPERTS answer your questions. Our community's health is of the utmost importance.🐝

https://twitter.com/vcupharmacycppi/status/1349441824348397568

VCU Health is using Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. You gotta get 2 doses of the vaccine. So they give you a card to keep up with it. Also, you can't get one shot of Pfizer and the 2nd dose of Moderna. Just FYI. 🐝

ICYMI: Racist ideology dies hard & runs deep...the same judge overseeing both cases to block the removal of the monuments is the author of racist op-Ed from 1977 @urichmond newspaper, The Collegian. 💄courthousenews.com/virginia-judge… Here’s the actual text of the op-Ed entitled “What Does U.S. Life Offer Me?” penned by then senior & editor Brad Cavedo. 1/

#RVA proposed Pamunkey Casino storyline takes on a very Richmond twist... #BlackDelegation 🗣what say you? 💄m.richmondfreepress.com/news/2020/feb/… “The tribe’s history of white supremacist policies & practices -though sharply disputed by tribal Chief Robert Gray -have largely flown under the radar during this session of the G.A. and went almost unnoticed during the tribe’s long years of applying for federal recognition.”

🚨 #RVA Who has been following Michael Hild’s Live Well Financial debacle? 🙋🏽‍♀️ 💄 has & today I’ll spill the ☕️ since yesterday a Delaware judge ordered the #chesterfield based mortgage company into Chapter 7 liquidation after several creditors filed petitions in early June. So 1st lets start with the basics...husband & wife developers Michael & Laura Hild should be names many of you already know. They’re known for flipping and redeveloping big chunks of property around RVA, the bulk in #Blackwell area, both residential and commercial spaces.

Literally the one time I assume it’s South Side Community Center on Old Warwick.... the meeting is at the community center Southside Plaza. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Anyway, at the right place. Rezoning information session thread starts here. 🧜🏻‍♀️

https://twitter.com/RVAdirt/status/1133805145836445698

We are about to get started at the public information session. Dr. Shadae Harris, Chief Engagement Officer, is kicking things off.

“We are doing this with you, not to you.”

Additionally says the Office of Community Engagement is open to feedback on engaging the community.

Woke up to a research challenge from Mike D.

Holding up data to justify racist statements doesn’t make it OK to hold racist beliefs. Data ignores the systemic white supremacy that was put in place to maintain the socioeconomic disparity so white people can maintain power. 1/10🧜🏻‍♀️ For example, here Mike “Dinesh D’Souza” D blames the lack of black fathers pointing to data.

You can’t fix a problem by focusing on just outcomes. You get to solutions by addressing root cause.

What is the reason for the disparity of lacking a consistent father figure? 🧜🏻‍♀️

Last month we broke the news on twitter that @_PaperMoonSS had booked a show with Roger Stone. Since then, people have called for it to be cancelled and national media has covered the event.

W/ the event a few days away, I want to emphasize safety concerns w/ this event.(1/24)🧜🏻‍♀️

https://twitter.com/rvadirt/status/1109983131887640577

Shortly after my initial post last month someone reminded me of Roger Stones connections to the violent far-right neo-fascist group known as the Proud Boys.

Similar to @TheNationalRVA hosting #BLEXIT, @_PaperMoonSS hosting Roger Stone has serious safety concerns. (2/24)🧜🏻‍♀️

I haven’t dug into the details yet but I am so grateful that #RVACouncil found compromise at some level and were able to reach an agreement on a budget that prioritized funding for @RPS_Schools and a number of other key initiatives. Thank you for finding a path forward. (1/?) 🧜🏻‍♀️ I know it wasn’t easy but I really appreciate that at the end of the day #RVACouncil pulled together and found a middle ground that maintained funding for several priorities. It ain’t perfect but neither was #RVAMayor’s proposal. (2/?) 🧜🏻‍♀️

Coming to a Virginia late-term abortion debate near you: Kermit Gosnell as a talking point and example.

The movie they screened at the White House is called “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer.” (1/? 🧜🏻‍♀️

theroot.com/trump-to-scree… Kermit Gosnell did absolutely horrific and reprehensible acts. If you look into his case, be prepared for some graphic content. Gosnell and this movie is an example of material republicans will use to craft extreme messaging. (2/? 🧜🏻‍♀️

nytimes.com/2019/04/12/us/…

#RVACouncil is TOMORROW! Agenda thread starts now. 🧜🏻‍♀️ 🚨AWARDS AND RECOGNITION‼️
- Re-proclaim the 2nd week of April each year as Richmond Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
#RVACouncil 🧜‍♀️

Who is stoked for another week of #RVACouncil? 🙋🏻‍♀️‼️

Monday. 6PM. See you there.

Check out the agenda in the 🧵 ⬇️. 🧜🏻‍♀️ First up, we have 3 formal awards on the docket.
1. Ms. Annie Reese, for nearly 50 years of School Crossing Guard Service #RVACouncil 🧜‍♀️

#RVACouncil Monday is TOMORROW. Now begins the agenda thread. 🧜🏻‍♀️ Link to #RVACouncil agenda: richmondva.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&… 🧜🏻‍♀️