May 13, 2021 Hate Crimes in the Middle Peninsula. Guest panelist included:
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Dr. James Nolan, Dept. Chair of Sociology and Anthropology at West Virginia University. Dr. Nolan worked as a unit chief in the FBI division that provided management oversight for the National Hate Crime Data Collection Program. He co-authored the textbook The Violence of Hate: Understanding Harmful Forms of Bias and Bigotry, now in its 4th Edition.
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Thomas C. Bowen III, Commonwealth Attorney for Mathews County. Mr. Bowen has served as Mathews County's Commonwealth's Attorney since 2012.
November 9, 2019 - Russian and Other Foreign Influences on Our Elections
Guest speakers: Dennis M. Dalpino and Joe Schaltter
May 19, 2019 - Learning from the Past and Shaping the Future: A Look at Racism and What We Can Do About It
Guest Speakers: Dr. Wesley Wilson, Executive Director, The T. C. Walker and Woodville/Rosenwald School Foundation, Aretha Thomas, Trustee, Antioch Baptist Church Robert, Brian McGovern, Educator and Historian,
C. J. Sailor, Program Director for The Center for African American Public Policy at The Gloucester Institute,
Dr. Soji Akomolafe, Chair, Political Science Department, Norfolk State University
February 24, 2019 - Freedom of Speech and the Press - A Public Conversation on the Challenges to Freedom of Speech & the Role of a Free Press in Society
Moderator: Rachel Bitecofer, PhD, Assistant Director, Wason Center on Public Policy at Christopher Newport University
Guest Speakers: Jim Knupp, local author and activist, Bill Sizemore, author and retired staff writer for the Virginian-Pilot, John Suddarth, former 1st Congressional District Primary Candidate, Elsa Cook Verbyla, Publisher of the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette Journal, Rev. Ward Warren, President of the Gloucester NAACP, Vangie Williams, former 1st Congressional District Candidate
July 16, 2018 - Promoting Dialogue and Action to Build Bridges That Support "Diversity Over Tyranny" & "Statesmanship Over Stongmanship" in Those That Govern
Moderator: Molly Hoffman-Crook
Guest Speakers: Harvey Morgan, VA House of Delegates 1980-2012, John Koontz, Middlesex Board of Supervisors, Lynn Jaeger, Past Candidate, and Nate Salzman, Campaign Manager
May 20, 2018 - What Does Voting Mean to You & Is It Your Only Voice?: A Public Forum & Conversation with a Variety of Women's Voices and Meeting Participants
Moderator: Charles R. Crook, Professor of Physics, Rappahannock Community College
Guest Speakers: Shelly Simonds, candidate for VA 94th District, Amy Laufer, founder of Virginia's List
PAC, Alexsis Rodgers, Communications Director for the Virginia League of Planned Parenthood
April 15, 2018 - Rally for Democracy: A Public Conversation with a Variety of Voices
Moderator: Preston Elrod, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Justice Studies, Eastern Kentucky University
March 18,2018 - Public Forum: The Facts and Fallacies of Gun Violence
Moderator: Kent Willis, former Director of ACLU, Richmond
Guest Speakers: Andrew Goddard, Legislative Director, Virginia Center for Public Safety. Tom Robinson, President, Global Emergency Response and Reverend Ward Warren, President of Gloucester NAACP
State Attorney General Mark Herring's video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9-Sy1eBUL0&feature=youtube
A perspective on the public's response to race and gun violence
https://www.facebook.com/MicMedia/videos/1840818059274309/
