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The RVA Black Farmers Market takes place every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month from 11 AM - 3 PM. Located at Shalom Farms, 1311 Westwood Ave.
Events in August finds Richmond celebrating the music scene with 804 Day, presented by Shockoe Records, The Richmond Jazz & Music Festival, and more. Tap in.
Climate justice is racial justice: Black communities, like Norfolk’s St. Paul’s, face displacement through climate gentrification masked as resilience. The fight begins with us.
The 22nd Happily Natural Festival, beginning Friday, August 28, brings three days of farms, panels, music, and brunch to Richmond, fostering connection, dialogue, and celebration of Black identity, Culture, food, and community healing.

Before They Called Her a Welfare Queen
Dr. Arlisha Norwood traces the roots of racialized scrutiny against single Black women from Civil War pensions to modern respectability politics.