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Coming to the Table - Virginia's Historic Triangle is the local chapter of a national racial reconciliation organization with more than 50 chapters nationwide. Serving Williamsburg, James City County and York County, Coming to the Table designs programs to bring diverse people together to discuss racial issues impacting the Historic Triangle community, while at the same time providing a safe place for truth-telling and relationship building.​
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Meets: Join Coming to the Table's virtual meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. There is a seat at the "Table" waiting just for you!
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VA Racial Healing Institute:​
In 2022, Coming to the Table - Historic Triangle Chapter created the Virginia Racial Healing Institute; “a healing place” for those seeking healing due to trauma caused by racial unrest and violence, uncovering family ties to slavery or navigating racial disparities; a safe and welcoming space to engage in dialogue, classes, and pilgrimages to foster racial healing and reconciliation.
With a variety of cultural programs, book clubs, educational tours, trainings and facilitator services, together we can create safe places for people to heal and thrive.
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Our mission, in support of Black Lives Matter, is to create justice in Williamsburg through an inclusive organization focused on equality. ​
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The Black Business Concierge is a service designed to connect customers to a Black-owned businesses by calling:
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1-855-BLK-BUSN (1-855-255-2876)
Friday - Sunday, 8 am to 2 pm
Kids4Change 757:
About: Kids 4 Change is a youth organization created by 12 year old Cartier Carey. Cartier helps individuals in need in his community. Primary activities: Diaper giveaway; school supplies for kids. For more info click here.
Hosts a variety of programs and events every week that provide meaningful and encouraging activities that are designed to enrich, support and uplift those in need. By working together, we can help turn things around for the homeless, the hungry, and those at-risk.
Activities: Feeding & Assisting the elderly and homeless, Food drive, adopt-a family (for elder care), healthier walk initiative, and annual Easter egg hunt, Christmas toy drive, mentoring, and youth service activities.
Seeks to dismantle systemic racism in the courts, police, schools, and other institutions within our community that lead to the school-to-prison pipeline, racial profiling, the excessive use of force, excessive pretrial detention and sentencing, and the criminalization of poverty.
Projects include:
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Establishment of Police Oversight Board
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Court Watch (to gather data on first arraignments and bond hearings)
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Legislative Advocacy
Meets: Online every other Wednesday at 7 pm
Works with Williamsburg-James City County (WJCC) schools to address the achievement gap and the disproportionate percentages of expulsion and suspension of minority youth which leads to the pipeline to prison. They also seek to educate the community on voting at all levels and promote social justice by inviting everyone to be part of the process.
Projects include student tutoring, Community Little Libraries, producing an Annual Equity Report highlighting racial disparities in test scores and rates of suspensions and expulsions in all 15 schools in the WJCC Division based on data from the Virginia Department of Education, and crisis response to help families in need.
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Meets: Online the 2nd & 4th Monday of every month at 6:30 pm
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Local Black Histories Project: A collaborative online archive of oral histories, community forums, films and curated exhibits that illuminate the experiences of local Black communities in Williamsburg.
The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial discrimination and hatred. The YJCW branch focuses on Scholarship programs, Voting Rights/voter access, connecting people who have been discriminated against with legal and other resources for redress, and youth/youth leadership development.
Meets: Online the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm
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Membership Fee $30/annually
RPEO, Real People Educating Others, is committed to initiating a collective youth development network that takes social responsibility to motivate and educate young adults in socioeconomically challenged, misdirected, and underserved environments.
Serves the “Hampton Roads” area, with lots of activity around Williamsburg. Activities center around their “Four Pillars”: Education, Service, Mentorship, and Extra Curriculars. Annual activities include Athletic Campus, BacktoSchool giveback, Thanksgiving Feeding program, and Christmas Adopt-a-Family. They provide regular tutoring and exam prep.
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The mission of All Together is to improve the quality of life of the community of Greater Williamsburg by bringing together people across racial, ethnic and cultural lines to communicate and engage in activities that foster unity, inclusiveness and equal opportunity.
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All Together provides opportunities for people to gather socially to exchange ideas and learn about one another. Through an annual scholarship for graduating high school seniors, we recognize students for their kindness and spirit of bridge-building.
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Activities: They sponsor a range of activities that bring people together across different backgrounds for discussion and relationship building. Every summer, they host a "Why Black Lives Matter" Lemonade Stand in the hopes of engaging the public in meaning conversations about race and relations.