Community Engagement News
$1.4M grant will support free behavioral health services to underserved youth
July 6, 2021
The grant will expand VCU’s Primary Care Psychology Training Collaborative with a focus on rural and low-income minority youth and their families.
Enjoli and Sesha Joi Moon’s JXN Project is an effort to tell Black Richmond stories ‘truthfully and completely’
June 16, 2021
Their work, which celebrates 150 years of history in Jackson Ward, is capturing the neighborhood's pivotal role in the evolution of the Black American experience.
Helping the Hispanic community in the midst of the pandemic
April 5, 2021
Students in the VCU service-learning course Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S. are continuing to make a difference.
Discovering new voices at the VPM + ICA Community Media Center
March 9, 2021
The center, which helps students and Richmonders create podcasts, is a forum for community storytelling, and a way to “find new voices that we need to hear.”
Ana Edwards is preserving Black history — and sharing it with others
Feb. 23, 2021
The VCU alumna and chair of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project, will receive the VCU history department’s highest honor for graduate alumni March 18.
At the General Assembly (sort of) with VCU’s capitol semester students
Feb. 11, 2021
Interns at the Virginia State Capitol this legislative session are doing most of their work virtually. It’s still “a very cool experience,” they said.
Hundreds of students are volunteering and providing shots at vaccination events
Feb. 8, 2021
With some VCU students already trained and others lined up for training, volunteers are ready to address the need for more COVID-19 vaccinators and take on roles that will serve them in their careers.
Art goes virtual at annual Black Lives Matter show
Feb. 4, 2021
The Black Lives Matter RVA Art Show features works from dozens of artists that highlight inclusivity and racial justice.