Hello everyone! This week’s newsroom was put together and presented by justavirgogirl and myself! We reviewed a variety of topics ranging from national feel-good stories to global humanitarian issues. Featured in this newsroom are one local story, two national stories, and two global issues. Local: Needle Juice Tattoo Shop Opened September 1st by Harrisonburg native, […]
Read More September 9th NewsroomChild Marriage Banned in Virginia On April 8th, Virginia became the 12th state to ban child marriage. Virginia began the national push to end child marriage in 2016 when the minimum marriage age was raised to 16 without exceptions. Child marriage most often affects young girls. In Virginia from 2000 to 2021, 81% of child […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 4/22Hey there JMU Feminists! On February 18th picklechips23, WomanInSports, and Kneehighbootsandadream facilitated a newsroom on the following local, national, as well as global topics listed below. We hope you learn something new! Local: On February 28th, 2024, the Harrisonburg City Council in Virginia made history by unanimously passing a resolution advocating for a ceasefire in […]
Read More 3/18 NewroomHey y’all, it’s Sunsetlovingbaseballgirl & RadioRebel2390! Here’s a summary of the newsroom that we facilitated on February 19th. We had an engaging discussion about all of the topics listed below. We touched on our society’s perspective of aging people with memory disorders and how that affects how we care for them. We also touched on […]
Read More February 19th, NewsroomOn Tuesday, November 11th, @chickenbiscuit48 & @ther1ot led our newsroom roundup class discussion which consisted of three main stories from a local source, a national source, and a global source. We delved into the BET on Yourself retreat, women’s empowerment, self-development, and mental health retreat as our local source. Then, we looked at “Abortion rights […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 11/14Co-authored by @blondedblogger and @becomingsoftcalmlove Local Affordable housing Project in Harrisonburg As reported by local news station, WHSV (Oct. 20, 2023), The Central Valley Habitat for Humanity’s Suter Street Project in Harrisonburg, Virginia is in progress, with walls already going up after six weeks of work. Project Manager Tim Godshall says that he is optimistic […]
Read More Newsroom Round-UpCo-authored by FemmeInAction and ThisGirlLovesCollegeBasketball Local Since the pandemic, millions of dollars in American Can Rescue Plan funds have gone to help stabilize childcare centers across the country but those funds ran out on Saturday, September 30. Like many others, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Child Day Care Center received COVID relief money, and with that no longer […]
Read More Newsroom Round-UpLOCAL NEWS On March 6th, Irvo Otieno was killed by Henrico police officers and Central State Hospital employees during the hospital’s inpatient process. During a time of mental health distress, Otieno was met with aggression, criminality, and excessive force by officers and employees. Before being brought to the psychiatric institution, Otieno spent 3 days in […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 3/22local news On March 2nd, Congressman Ben Cline spoke about the reauthorization of the Debbie Smith Act. The Debbie Smith Act was passed in 2004, and distributes federal funds to law enforcement across the country to reduce backlogs of rape kits and DNA evidence from crime scenes to expedite the analyzation process of these pieces […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 3/7Local News Almost immediately upon taking office, Glen Youngkin signed into practice Executive Order 1 which prohibits the teaching of “inherently divisive concepts.” This past week, Youngkin asked the Education Secretariat to look over the new proposed AP course, AP African American Studies, to see if the course did in fact fall under this category. […]
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