DEQ currently has a public comment period open for draft guidance on environmental justice in their permitting processes. Public comment is open until May 1. Scroll to the bottom of this page to see a link to the draft guidance and the email address to submit comments. - https://www.deq.virginia.gov/get-involved/environmental-justice.

Transportation

Speakers from the Civic Action Conversation shared resources and links for continued reading:

Chet Parsons, Director of Transportation, PlanRVA

Dironna Moore Clarke, Administrator, City of Richmond, Office of Equitable Transit and Mobility

https://www.rva.gov/public-works/transit-equity
Richmond Connects Program
Get Involved - Richmond Connects (rvaconnects.com)
Equity Factors - Bedrock of analysis for Richmond Connects

Sharon Smidler, Transportation Development Division Director, Henrico County

henrico.us/works/transportation
Richmond Regional Safety Action Plan
Henrico Next
Upcoming public meeting for Fall Line Trail (Henrico portion Park St. to Lakeside Ave): May 16 at Lewis Ginter

Adrienne Torres, Chief of Staff, GRTC

GRTC (ridegrtc.com)
West Broad BRT Corridor Analysis (arcgis.com)

Brantley Tyndall, Director of Bike Walk RVA, Sports Backers

Ian Stewart, Transportation Reporter, VPM

Streets Blog (https://www.streetsblog.org/)
Conversation with Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg (https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-01-30/pete-buttigieg-federal-infrastructure-spending-virginia-transcript)
Fixing Richmond's traffic infrastructure after pedestrian deaths is ‘complicated’ (https://www.vpm.org/news/2022-12-09/fixing-richmonds-traffic-infrastructure-after-pedestrian-deaths-is-complicated)
VPM.org/focalpoint
Safe Streets for All

Mental Health & Well-Being

Participants from the Civic Action Conversation created a Self-Care Word Cloud together. Speakers also shared resources and links for continued reading:

Muriel Azria-Evans, Director of Mental Health & Wellness, Health Brigade

Local crisis intervention numbers are:
Richmond Crisis 819-4100
Hanover Crisis 752-4200
Chesterfield Crisis 748-6356
Goochland 556-3716
Powhatan 598-2697
Henrico Crisis 727-8484

National Suicide Hotlines:988
Text TALK to 741741

LGBTQ+ specific
Trevorlifeline: 1-866-488-7386
TrevorText:Text TREVOR to 1-202-304-1200
TrevorChat:thetrevorproject.org
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
LGBT Elder Hotline 1-800-234-SAGE

Eric Clay, Senior Community Impact Officer, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond

Health Equity Fund: Community Foundation for a greater Richmond (Contact sarenstein@cfrichmond.org, 804-409-5590)
Advocacy: Voices for Virginia's Children
Volunteer: HandsOn Greater Richmond

Chimere Miles, Family and Community Engagement Liaison, Peter Paul

Amy Popovich, Nurse Manager, Richmond and Henrico Health Districts

John Richardson-Lauve, Mental Health Director and Lead Trauma and Resilience Educator, ChildSavers

Lucy Roberts, Health & Wellbeing National Practice Specialist, OneDigital

Mary Beth Walsh, Director of Programs, NAMI Virginia

Ashley Williams, Founder, BareSoul Yoga and Well Collective

BareSoul Yoga and Well Collective

Affordable Housing

Speakers from the Civic Action Conversation shared articles and links for continued reading:

Jovan Burton, Executive Director, Partnership for Housing Affordability

Kelly King Horne, Executive Director, Homeward

Peace Bowles, Director of RVA Thrives, Virginia Community Voice

Carolyn Loftin, Director of Programs, Urban Hope

Urban Hope, Inc.

John Gregory, Principal, Lynx Ventures

Lynx Ventures

Workforce Development

Speakers from the Civic Action Conversation shared articles and links for continued reading:

Brian Anderson, President & CEO at ChamberRVA

RVA NOW Labor Market Analysis

Scott Blackwell, Chief Community Impact Officer at the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond

Workforce Development: Framing the Issue

Katie Comer, Head of Community Development for North America at Meta

Meta Data Centers

Elizabeth Creamer, Vice President, Workforce Development at Community College Workforce Alliance

Community College Workforce Alliance

James Davis, Human Services Technician and Coordinator for the Ambassador Program at the City of Richmond Department of Human Services

Community Wealth Building Ambassadors Program

John Dougherty, Project Manager & Employer Engagement at Network2WorkRVA

Network2WorkRVA

Megan Rollins, President and CEO at Boaz & Ruth

Melody Short, Co-Founder of the Richmond Night Market & Jackson Ward Collective

Jackson Ward Collective

Caprichia Spellman, Director for Economic and Community Development at the Office of Community Wealth Building

Office of Community Wealth Building

Early Childhood Education

Speakers from the Civic Action Conversation shared articles and links for continued reading:

Kartik Athreya, Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Barkin, Tom. “What’s Sidelining Women?” Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (October 21, 2021). What’s Sidelining Women?

Bishop-Joesf, Sandra, Chris Beakey, Sarah Watson, and Tom Garrett. “Want to Grow the Economy? Fix the Child Care Crisis.” Council for a Strong America, ReadyNation
Cascio, Elizabeth U. and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach. “The Impacts of Expanding Access to High-Quality Preschool Education.”
Garcia, Jorge Luis, Frederik H. Bennhoff, Duncan Ermini Leaf, and James J. Heckman. “The Dynastic Benefits of Early Childhood Education.” NBER Working Paper Series (July 2021).
Goldin, Claudia. Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity. Princeton University Press, 2021.
Heckman, James J., Seong Hyeok Moon, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter A. Savelyev, Adam Yavitz. “The rate of return to the HighScope Perry Preschool Program.” Journal of Public Economics 94, Is 1–2 (February 2010).
Heggeness, Misty L., Jason Fields, Yazmin A. Garcia Trejo, and Anthony Schulzetenberg. “Tracking Job Losses for Mothers of School-Age Children During a Health Crisis.” US Census Bureau (March 3, 2021). Moms, Work and the Pandemic
Malik, Rasheed. “The Effects of Universal Preschool in Washington, D.C.” Center for American Progress (2010).
Peisner-Feinberg, E. S., Schaaf, J. M., LaForett, D. R., Hildebrandt, L.M., & Sideris, J. (2014). Effects of Georgia’s Pre-K Program on children’s school readiness skills: Findings from the 2012–2013 evaluation study. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development Institute.
Phelps, Hailey. “Child Care Legislation During COVID-19.” Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (2021).
Savage, Sarah. “High-Quality Early Child Care: A Critical Piece of the Workforce Infrastructure.” Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (May 2019).