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Tue, 21 May 2013 07:43:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/11/16/community-organizations-look-back-at-elections-and-forward-to-future-campaigns/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/11/16/community-organizations-look-back-at-elections-and-forward-to-future-campaigns/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:10:32 +0000 Rachel de Leon http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=50252 With billboards from the Nov. 6 election still standing around the city and councilmembers-elect yet to begin their newest terms, community organizers and elected officials met Thursday night at the Richmond Progressive Alliance to start planning for campaigns in 2014 and beyond. ]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/11/16/community-organizations-look-back-at-elections-and-forward-to-future-campaigns/feed/ 15 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/30/formerly-incarcerated-men-encourage-others-to-vote/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/30/formerly-incarcerated-men-encourage-others-to-vote/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:00:57 +0000 Rachel Witte http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=48687 Johnny Valdepena, a 46-year-old Richmond resident who has spent more of his life in prison than out of it, will vote for the first time next week. It wouldn’t have happened, he says, without a lot of help and encouragement – and now he and his fellow Safe Return Project members want to spread that encouragement to others. On a recent Saturday morning at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, volunteers from...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/30/formerly-incarcerated-men-encourage-others-to-vote/feed/ 1 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/26/deferred-action-and-deportation-latinos-and-obama/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/26/deferred-action-and-deportation-latinos-and-obama/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:35:44 +0000 Stephen Hobbs http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=48347 In this year’s dead heat Presidential election, both candidates are vying for the Latino vote. Last Tuesday, President Obama told Iowa’s Des Moines Register that his re-election rests in the hands of Latino voters.]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/26/deferred-action-and-deportation-latinos-and-obama/feed/ 3 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/19/safe_return/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/19/safe_return/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:58:21 +0000 Julie Brown http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=47507 When the door opened at West County Detention Facility for Tamisha Walker, it was dark. After six months in jail, Walker was free. But she was alone. No one was there to pick her up. All she had was a bus ticket and a bag. “You just get on a bus,” Walker said. “And it’s a long, lonely ride.” Jeff Rutland knows the lonely freedom Walker spoke of. He’s reminded...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/10/19/safe_return/feed/ 1 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/05/jail-expansion-bail-reform-on-table-for-19-million-realignment-funding/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/05/jail-expansion-bail-reform-on-table-for-19-million-realignment-funding/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:00:03 +0000 Julie Brown http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=43696 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/09/05/jail-expansion-bail-reform-on-table-for-19-million-realignment-funding/feed/ 2 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/06/04/richmond-residents-take-to-the-street-pass-out-fliers-to-stop-gun-violence/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/06/04/richmond-residents-take-to-the-street-pass-out-fliers-to-stop-gun-violence/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:28:37 +0000 Tyler Orsburn http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=41895 On Friday evening, 13 Richmond residents gathered at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in North Richmond to spread the word about life without bullets. Armed with purple fliers, they exited the small church with a gentle gait and marched two-by-two towards the Las Deltas Housing Project, one of the city’s hot spots for gun violence. The purpose of the walk, also known as Richmond Ceasefire/Lifelines to Healing, was to meet...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/06/04/richmond-residents-take-to-the-street-pass-out-fliers-to-stop-gun-violence/feed/ 4 http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/29/richmonds-first-ceasefire-call-in/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/29/richmonds-first-ceasefire-call-in/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:16:52 +0000 Mark Oltmanns http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=39360 "We're trying to hit the community where we're hemorrhaging the most, and that's these young men," said Pastor Henry Washington at a planning session last week. Washington is a core member of Ceasefire/Lifelines to Healing—a renowned violence prevention program set to launch in Richmond later this week.]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/02/29/richmonds-first-ceasefire-call-in/feed/ 1 http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/25/office-of-neighborhood-safety-proponents-discuss-city-hall-fistfight-moving-forward/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/25/office-of-neighborhood-safety-proponents-discuss-city-hall-fistfight-moving-forward/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:00:02 +0000 Lexi Pandell http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=33206 Office of Neighborhood Safety staff and supporters spoke publicly Monday night about the details of the fistfight that broke out among seven young men on October 14 in City Hall and what the altercation means for the future of ONS. In a nearly two-hour discussion at the Human Rights and Human Relations Commission meeting, they pointed to a failure of communication between the group and the Richmond Police Department directly...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/25/office-of-neighborhood-safety-proponents-discuss-city-hall-fistfight-moving-forward/feed/ 5 http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/04/kickedtothecurb/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/04/kickedtothecurb/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:00:47 +0000 Lexi Pandell http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=31460 On Aug. 8, Pedro Gutierrez was driving to his job as a carpenter in his black 1992 Ford Mustang. He turned off Cutting Boulevard just a block away from his work when he spotted a police car flip a U-turn to follow him. Gutierrez, an undocumented resident, saw blue and red lights behind him and realized that he was being pulled over. He steered his car to the side of...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/04/kickedtothecurb/feed/ 5 http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/03/richmond-moves-to-ban-the-box/ http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/03/richmond-moves-to-ban-the-box/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:05:18 +0000 Rachel Waldholz http://richmondconfidential.org/?p=31350 On the first page of the application to work for the city of Richmond, question 14 stands out in capital letters: “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?” By the end of the month, that question will be gone. The change is the first step in a campaign to “ban the box” in Richmond – the box in question being the one that people with a criminal record must...]]> http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/03/richmond-moves-to-ban-the-box/feed/ 2