Going to DC for Children

On September 7 The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy will join with the Tidewater-based Child Advocacy Network of Virginia to send constituents and advocates to Washington, DC to speak with Senators Warner and Allen and area Congressional representatives.

Scheduled conversations with our federal legislators will center on the need for community programs that require federal funding. We know that Virginia will be impacted by any action in Congress that affects food stamps, Medicaid, WIC, housing, Head Start and other programs delivered to Virginia's neediest people.

The Interfaith Center invites your participation and your advocacy as Virginians go to Washington to be in faithful conversation with our federal representatives in government. Join other Virginians on a Bus Trip to Washington. The bus trip will originate in Chesapeake (Greenbrier Mall) and will stop in Richmond for additional boarding at St. John's United Church of Christ, at the foot of Monument Street, at 8:00 a.m.

In the Richmond church sanctuary participants from Central Virginia and the Tidewater area will gather at 8:00a.m. for 45 minutes for send-off remarks. The day's agenda will be offered by organizers; clergy engaged in urban ministry and state officials will speak sending off citizens to advocate for Virginia's vulnerable populations.

Below are details about the Bus Trip to Washington:

Bus Trip to Washington

Richmond Events:
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Gathering Time: 8:00 a.m.
Departing from: St. John's United Church of Christ
503 N. Lombardy St., Richmond
at Stuart Circle, at the foot of Monument Avenue
Free Parking: St. John's UCC parking lot next to the church.
Return Time: early evening, September 7
Cost: $25.00*

[Some seats will be sponsored; you may ask about free seats]

Please pay by check to:
Child Advocacy Network of Virginia
P.O. Box 13723
Chesapeake, VA 23325-2906

RSVP: Call Child Advocacy Network 757-944-4911
Respond by: September 5

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Center Priorities (.pdf)

Bulletin Inserts
Child Support (.pdf)
Environment (.pdf)
Housing Trust (.pdf)
Indigent Defense (.pdf)
Payday Lending (.pdf)
Minimum Wage (.pdf)

Advocacy Resources
Advocacy Guide (.doc)
Advocacy Portal (link)
Lending Info. (.ppt)
Richmond Map (.pdf)

For Small Groups
Eco-Stewardship (link)
Prayers for Creation (link)
Poverty Diet (link)

Policy Briefs
EITC (.doc)
TANF Child Support (.doc)
Payday Loans (.doc)
Healing Creation (.doc)
Child Ombudsman (.doc)
Affordable Housing (.doc)
Indigent Defense (.doc)
Minimum Wage (.doc)
Wage & EITC (.doc)
VA Tribes (.link)

Actions
Lending Petition (link)
Title Petition (link)
Wage Petition (link)

Reports
Budget Analysis (.pdf)
Food Stamps (.doc)
Lottery Study (link)

FAQ's (link)

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