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Join RISC in 3 days at Holy Family Church, VA Beach on May 7th! Learn about migration from Latin America & support our immigrant neighbors. 🌍❤️

Source - #RISC.VA on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIxO6CduUqR/?igsh=d3JhOXltZnB4ZHoy

#immigration #hamptonroads #VirginiaBeach

Educational event on immigration, Wednesday, May 7th at 6:30 PM.

The Pentagon's wars are poisoning Virginia's waters with toxic chemicals. We must demand immediate cleanup and test all water sources.

Source - #PSLVirginia on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DI7DvTpSSRe/?igsh=Y2lldXdnYm9sOGp4

#EnvironmentalJustice #virginia #hamptonroads #pentagon #dod #usmilitary

- Military bases leak toxic PFAS into Virginia’s water, wildlife, and blood— bypassing EPA rules and endangering local families.

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Scale of Contamination ‘= Near Langley Air Force Base, private wells test for MY SF-s the EPA’s safety threshold. Fish pulled from waters near a naval air station carry , a concentration so high that eating just a one would expose someone to over a lifetime’s worth of “safe” limits in minutes. Retired firefighters who trained with toxic foams now have blood PFAS levels higher than what regulators deem sa%e i e o Wastewater levels: transformed 2,225,000 parts per trillion into living t archives of Gal military negligence. F / O.s: WO o S e VA = W= P EiE Human Fish: Ralol Blood: P2 N0l0 [0l o] ol AR (S Tt el Y WERE INVISIBLE

A Pattern of Concealment oy This isn’t accidental pollution—it's decades of deliberate inaction. The Pentagon has known about PFAS risks since the 1970s but still hides data, delays cleanups, and lobbies against regulation. Their proposed 30-year cleanup timeline is a stall tactic that ignores the EPA’s updated safety thresholds. Veterans’ advocate for blood testing, but officials dismiss it as futile because “everyone has PFAS anyway”—a cynical excuse to avoid liability, even though a $300 pin-prick test could provide many with answers.

Virginia’s inaction mirrors this negligence. The state tests just 50 of its 2,500+ vulnerable water sources. In Fauquier County, home to the former Vint Hill Farms spy base, officials refuse to test wells near a documented PFAS-contaminated aquifer. Despite public outcry, they cite bureaucratic loopholes, claiming they’re “not required to test’—a stance the military encourages to keep communities compliant and clueless.

Tomorrow's the last day of the Hampton Roads Indie Bookstore Crawl. Check out the link below to support indie bookstores across the 757

https://www.eleanorsnfk.com/events/hrbookstorecrawl-ngzmy

#HamptonRoads #Virginia #books #bookstodon #NorfolkVA

Skeleton with book stacks; text: Hampton Roads Bookstore Crawl, April 26 - May 4. Visit indie bookstores, get stamps, and enter to win a bookish goodies basket at Eleanor's Norfolk! @hrindiebookstorecrawl

757 Solidarity Potluck & Meet and Greet

RSVP Here:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/tidewater-dsa-solidarity-potluck

#hamptonroads #norfolkva #tidewaterdsa

757 solidarity potluck & meet and greet
Get food and meet local activists
Sunday May 4th 11-3pm
Lakewood Park, Norfolk
Email tidewaterdsa@gmail.com with questions

Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority is opening the public housing waiting list. See below for details

https://www.crhava.org/how_do_i/apply_for_housing.php

#ChesapeakeVA #HamptonRoads

A %‘—u Sty ! Chesapeake Redevelopment and £ ; : e 3,50 Housing Authority Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) is opening the Public Housing waiting list for 2, 3, and 4-bedroom units at Bro.adli!wn Park, and Owens Village communities. CRHA will be accepting applications only on Thursday, April 24, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. EST. To apply to CRHA's waiting list, please go to our website located at the following link: www.crhava.org. Applications will be accepted online only. Applications will be ‘ accepted from computers, tablets, smart phones and other electroniq devices that can access the website. If you have any questions regarding the application process or are experiencing any technical issues, please call (757) 233-6905, for assistance IMPORTANT INFORMATION « You must be at least 18 years of age to apply. « There are no fees for applying to CRHA's wait list. « Applications will be placed on the waiting list by selected preference, then by the date and time the application is submitted. « Allinformation provided is subject to verification. Therefore, applying does not guarantee that the application will be accepted. + CRHA does not provide emergency housing. « Applications in progress but not submitted by 1:00 p.m. will be considered incomplete TO APPLY, GO TO: www.crhava.orq. for the link ﬁn;er)alzonlaoble accommodation may be granted for those who, due to a disability,

Join us on April 19 for the Blaizen Buckshot Bloom rally! Let's unite against injustice, fight for healthcare, living wages, and a brighter future! ✊ #SuffolkVA #ChesapeakeVA #HamptonRoads

https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/774617/

The Blaizen Buckshot Bloom campaign is holding a community rally to build community solidarity and resistance in the face of federal injustice and fascism. This rally also marks the campaign's official kickoff.

If we are going to get through the next four years with our country, community, and family intact we must come together and push a more powerful message than hate and autocracy.

We must come together in solidarity to fight for a world where all our families get healthcare when needed, where our communities can earn a living wage and thrive, where quality homes are affordable and accessible, where we tackle wealth inequality and the climate crisis head on, and our nation learns from the past to prosper in the future. We CAN build this future while protecting our constitutional rights, including for immigrants, LGBT+, and any other marginalized group Trump & Elon Musk want to scapegoat for political gain.

🚨 On Saturday, April 19th, we're taking to the streets to shout back with a clear message: we will fight for the future we deserve! 🚨

Our peaceful message to the world: Virginia does NOT consent to the destruction of our government and our economy for the benefit of Trump and his billionaire allies. Alongside Americans all across the country, we are marching, rallying, and protesting to demand a stop to the chaos and build an opposition movement that will bring us forward to a future that works for all Americans, not just some.

We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.

Family friendly event. Signs will be provided

🚨 MAERSK: STOP SHIPPING F-35s to Israel!
Join us APRIL 10, 11AM at 7724 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA.
Maersk is aiding genocide—no more silent complicity.
#MaskOffMaersk #FreePalestine #norfolkva #hamptonroads

#dmvpym on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIL71TKtneO/

MAERSK: HALT ALL F-35 SHIPMENTS!

🗓️ APRIL 10
⏰ 11 am
📍7724 Hampton Blvd. Norfolk, VA

We can now reveal that Maersk is directly shipping F-35 parts from the Lockheed Martin-operated US Air Force Plant 4 in Fort Worth, Texas to Nevatim Air Base in occupied Palestine. These components that Maersk is shipping leave Texas bound directly for the IOF airbase, where they directly aid in the construction, repair and arming of the Occupation Forces’ air vessel fleet. These fighter jets are a primary instrument of death in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

The Maersk Detroit, a vessel carrying parts of these fighter jets, will dock at the port of Norfolk, Virginia on April 10th before continuing on to the port of Elizabeth, New Jersey on April 12th. From there, the weapons will go on to Morocco, before reaching Haifa, where they will be turned against Palestinians and used to carry out fresh mass killings in Israel’s ongoing genocide of Gaza.

As Trump and Netanyahu meet in DC this week and discuss how best to continue the genocide, the people refuse to sit idly by as this machinery is produced and packaged out from underneath us. We must stand up to Maersk’s covert facilitation of this genocide, and refuse to allow these shipments to continue without cost or consequence.

Maersk has tried, for 18 months, to conceal its role in the slaughter of Palestinians, but with time the extent of their complicity continues to be only further unveiled. It is our responsibility to make Maersk’s relationship with the Zionist entity untenable, and to show Maersk that doing business with a pariah state is a liability they cannot afford.

Take action now! Get to Norfolk on Thursday. We’ll see you there! #maskoffmaersk

#vfp757 on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DH8l_Bvukjh/

On Saturday, April 5th at 11am, there will be a rally at Town Point Park with a clear message: Hands off!
Allies and activists in Hampton Roads and are JOINING FORCES to say “hands off” our freedoms and liberties.

This is a rally, not a march so bring signs, chairs/blankets, bottled water, and get ready to listen to the speakers that the hosts have lined up for us!

*** A core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. ***

(Check out handsoff2025.com or COVAcoalition.org for more information.)

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(TO AVOID CRUISE SHIP TRAFFIC, enter Waterside Drive from 264 W or St. Paul’s Blvd. Try to avoid Boush Street end of Waterside Drive. We have enough to be angry about; traffic doesn’t need to be one of them!)

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#handsoff #peace #activism #fascism #veteransforpeace #vfp #protest #rally #freedom #democracy #authoritarianism #capitalism #latestagecapitalism #virginia #va #hamptonroads #norfolk #townpointpark #veterans #healthcare #socialsecurity #economy #freespeech #norfolkva

Action Alert 🚨 Call your congressional Rep. Kiggans or Rep. Bobby Scott and urge them to co-sponsor House Resolution 2411 to restore UNRWA funding

#hamptonroads #virginia #freepalestine #newportnews #virginiabeach #hamptonva #norfolkva #chesapeakeva #portsmouthva

#virginia #rva #norfolkva #hamptonroads #williamsburgva

#virginiaisforunions on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHrJmpXp72h/?img_index=1
#virginia #hamptonroads

Virginia Governor Youngkin vetoed bills that would have raised the minimum wage and expanded collective bargaining for public employees. We need to let him know that we won’t fighting until all workers have collective bargaining, family supporting wages and dignified conditions!

VIRGINIA IS FOR collEcTIVE T TAKE ACTION! WED. APRIL 2 @5PM NORFOLK CITY HALL 810 UNION ST.

nll OUT Fon et IS FOR V] TR WED. APRIL 2 @5PM NORFOLK CITYHALL 810 UNIONST. On the day the Virginia State House of Delegates convenes back in session, the newly formed Hampton Roads Public Employee Collective Bargaining Coalition will demand that workers’ voices be heard. While Governor Youngkin has vetoed the collective bargaining mandate bill, and Mayor Dyer and other local Hampton Roads mayors organize against us, labor organizations, community groups and faith organizations are united to raise up the collective voices of the working class to say that we will keep marching forward together until victory! The Coalition includes (List in Formation): UE Local 111, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News City Workers Union, Virginia Beach Education Association, Norfolk Federation of Teachers, Local 4261, Chesapeake Education Association, Portsmouth Professional Firefighters & Paramedics IAFF Local 539, Int'l Longshore Assoc-HRDC, Black Workers for Justice, Tidewater Workers Assembly, The Interfaith Alliance at the Beach, Tidewater Sowers of Justice, The Interspiritual Empowerment Project and the Tidewater DSA. FOR MORE INFORMATION 757-632-7866

$“Whether its bringing pay, staffing, safety, benefits, to the table to discuss it, [the veto] makes employees \ feel like they are ignored. When you don't allow \ workers that are doing the job to have a voice in that method and sit down at the table and talk about the ] needs of the department, that is the missing piece.” Lt. Kurt Detrick, President, Portsmouth Professional Firefighters & Paramedics IAFF Local 539 ; 4 | V | ‘- IS FOR Y = Bl UNI®NS — & o) S 3,$ $“We need collective bargaining because frontline workers provide vital services to individuals that live \ and interact in our city. Sometimes the people that \ make decisions don't understand what we do, or how our work processes affect us personally. With ] collective bargaining, we as workers can unite to set boundaries, and work to ensure that work tasks are being performed efficiently, safely, and equitably”. -Tangela Randall, Behavioral Health, UE Portsmouth ‘» IS FOR . UNI®NS$

#HamptonRoads #HRVA #RVA #Virginia

#cnu_ydsa on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHl1MYfxfoF/?igsh=ODV2emloa2o0ZG10

Groceries and Roses - YDSA @ CNU Mutual Aid
Hungry? Tired? We can help! YDSA is offering free food and supplies to anyone who approaches.

3:00-5:00pm, Saturday, March 29th
Sister to Sister, 2009 Jefferson Ave, Newport News Va, 23607

#NewportNews #MutualAid #HamptonRoads

#VFP757 on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHLdVLdOLVb/?igsh=cndqc2liM3VkMnEy

The kite event has been rescheduled to next week on Sunday, March 23 from 2-4pm due to a 1-2 inch rain forecast. 🚨

Join VFP757 for our 1 Year chapter anniversary by flying some kites with the local community while advocating for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank. We need to stand together to say no to ethnic cleansing and genocide.

When: Sunday March 23, 2025, 2-4pm (not the 16th)
Where: Mt. Trashmore, top of the hill. (310 Edwin Dr, Virginia Beach, VA)

We will be providing some blank and pre-decorated kites, feel free to bring your own kites to fly as well. Can’t wait to see y’all there, let’s have some fun and bring awareness to important issues and peace.

The pictures attached in the original post are from this last October’s kite flying event. We had a decent show up and everybody loved it! If you still have your kite from that day, bring it if you can!

#vfp757 #veteransforpeace #anniversary #oneyearanniversary #virginia #virginiabeach #peace #kite #kitesforpeace #familyfun #activism #mttrashmore #hamptonroads #palestine #permanentceasefire #ceasefire
#VirginiaBeach #HamptonRoads

#risc.va on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DG3bS-wuJOK/

HAMPTON ROADS STANDS WITH IMMIGRANTS: Join us on March 23rd for a community event in Norfolk where we will talk about how we can all support and defend our immigrant neighbors.

The event will be at the restaurant Luna Maya. It is free and open to allies and immigrants alike, with English and Spanish presentations.

We will discuss knowing your rights with ICE, (for both immigrants and allies) how businesses and community members can protect immigrants, RISC’s rapid response network, and other critical information.

This event is hosted by the Refugee & Immigrant Solidarity Coalition, the Latinx Law Students Association and the Immigration Law & Service Society at William & Mary, the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations, and the Chamber for Hispanic Progress.

We plan to provide refreshments, and Know Your Rights materials will be available for attendees to take home!

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HAMPTON ROADS APOYA A LOS INMIGRANTES: Únase a nosotros el 23 de marzo para un evento comunitario en Norfolk donde hablaremos sobre cómo todos podemos apoyar y defender a nuestros vecinos inmigrantes.

El evento será en el restaurante Luna Maya. Es gratuito y abierto tanto a aliados como a inmigrantes, con presentaciones en inglés y español.

Hablaremos sobre cómo conocer sus derechos con ICE (tanto para inmigrantes como para aliados), cómo las empresas y los miembros de la comunidad pueden proteger a los inmigrantes, la red de respuesta rápida de RISC y otra información importante.

Este evento es organizado por Refugee & Immigrant Solidarity Coalition, Latinx Law Students Association y Immigration Law & Service Society en William & Mary, Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations y Chamber for Hispanic Progress.

Planeamos ofrecer refrigerios y los materiales de Conozca sus derechos estarán disponibles para que los asistentes se los lleven a casa.

#HamptonRoads #norfolkva #immigrantrights

🚨 Stand with Newport News students! 🚨 The school board's transphobic policies harm kids, violate privacy, and break the law. Let’s reverse this decision and protect trans youth. #ProtectTransKids #NewportNews ✊ Sign the letter!

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/trans-rights-petition?clear_id=true
#hamptonroads #TidewaterDSA #TDSA

#HamptonRoadsHarmReduction on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DGvSh2xumub/?igsh=YWhrbnhqMHBkMmQ4

Volunteer Opportunity this Saturday!! Join us for kitmaking, zines, donuts, and conversations about harm reduction this Saturday from 12:00-1:30 at Park Place Community Center in #NorfolkVA

#HamptonRoads

#HamptonRoads4Palestine on IG:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGuLczrumyJ/

Join us in Norfolk on March 5th to demand an end to siege on Gaza 🇵🇸
#norfolkva #hamptonroads #hrva

Just a reminder the Thrive Hive latte is still being offered through March 31st at The Captain's Den in #NewportNews. Each latte supports THRIVE Peninsula, helping families in need all across the peninsula. I like mine iced, but it's served hot as well ☕

#hamptonroads #CNU

Norfolk - Rally for Trans Youth on March 2 @ Plum Point Park

#norfolkva #hamptonroads #lgbtq #transrightsarehumanrights

#hamptonroads

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