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DOWNLOAD: RICHMOND GRID X THE CHEATS MOVEMENT “VOICES” THE MAGAZINE

November 15, 2021 by CheatsMovement No Comments
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD VOICES [THE MAGAZINE] VOICES is a community essay project–created by The Cheats Movement. The goal was...
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VOICES: TAKING ACTION ON SYSTEMIC RACISM BY SEN. JENNIFER McCLELLAN

October 18, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Systemic racism is not a new term. It is well known and commonly discussed within and around communities of color....
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VOICES: F*CK CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: A GLOBAL LEGACY OF IMPERIALISM, ANTI-BLACKNESS, WHITE SUPREMACY BY SIONA PETEROUS

October 1, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
My earliest debate about why we should get rid of Christopher’s Columbus statues and the holiday was in 8th grade....
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VOICES: “WE ARE FIGHTING FOR MANY ISSUES, POLICE BRUTALITY WAS JUST THE BRICK PLACED ON THE GAS PEDAL” BY CHRISTIAN CARTER-ROSS

September 23, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
I am saddened. I am frustrated. I am encouraged. I am hopeful. Like many of you, I am feeling a...
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VOICES: THE VILLAGE IS BURNING BY KIM YOUNG, LCSW

September 15, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
The estimated youth population in Richmond hovers around 41,000, of that 41,000 Black youth make up more than half of...
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VOICES: UNDER THE SHADOW OF LOOKING BACK, LET’S RE-IMAGINE MONUMENT AVENUE BY R. ANTHONY HARRIS

September 9, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Looking at the Lee statue and the Marcus-David Peters Circle — I see a place of discourse. Greek philosophers, Socrates...
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VOICES: WE NEED TO FIX THE ROOTS BY BRENT BUTLER (BIG B)

September 2, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
I am many things.  To my students at John Marshall High School, I am a role model.  To my baseball...
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VOICES: PRAISE THE LIVING – RAISE THE DEAD: AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR BELOVED YOUNGINS AT THE FRONT LINE BY FREE BANGURA

August 30, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
For GABRIEL WEEK 2020… Dearly Beloved Front Line Warriors Who Have Just Begun to Fight, I’m writing to you in...
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VOICES: LET’S FACE IT, PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR REFORMS, WHAT WE NEED IS A REVOLUTION BY DURON CHAVIS

August 23, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Those of us who study history, particularly the black liberation movement, it is understood that the civil rights movement did...
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VOICES: DIFFERENT PEOPLE. DIFFERENT LIES. SAME TITLES. BY JEWEL JORDAN

August 21, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
It is a running joke in society that you can’t trust politicians and lawyers. And, as with most humor, the...
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VOICES: WITH EYES WIDE-OPEN, MY FIGHT FOR BLACK LIVES IS EVOLVING DAILY BY RANDY WILSON

August 16, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
How are you determining if Black lives matter more now than they did yesterday, last week, or anytime? Please don’t...
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VOICES: “OTHER” IS NOT A RACE, DO YOU SEE ME NOW? BY PATRICIA BRADBY

August 12, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
There is no denying it, 2020 has been the most bizarre year of my life. It has taken a wave...
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VOICES: WHAT WAS THAT STATUE? BY PRABIR MEHTA

August 9, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
I remember my first time seeing the Lee monument. I was 9 years old and still fresh to the USA....
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VOICES: NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS BY JESSICA PERGERSON

August 5, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Never in a million years would I have ever imagined that I would actively and whole-heartedly become a revolutionary, determined...
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VOICES: A LETTER OF HOPE TO MY CITY BY NICOLE MASON

August 2, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
Dear Richmond, RVA, & the Greater 804, This is an open letter of hope to my city! Four months ago,...
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VOICES: THE SANCTUARY OF TOPHET BY BOBBY FRESH

July 31, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
The sanctuary of Tophet is sacrificial burial ground. Phoenician and Carthaginian Religion requires these sacrifices for the god Baal. The...
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VOICES: FINDING JESUS IN THE TEAR GAS BY LAUREN GARCIA

July 29, 2020 by CheatsMovement 28 Comments
I was baptized in an evangelical church as an infant. We don’t sprinkle or submerge, it’s more symbolic. You get...
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VOICES: NEVER FORGETTING BY KIMBERLY A. MATTHEWS, PH.D & RAYMOND PIERRE HYLTON, PH.D

July 26, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
One of the first efforts that shaped the Campaign for Human Dignity in the 1960s happened right here in the...
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VOICES: IT ONLY TOOK A PANDEMIC FOR ME TO REALIZE MY TRUE LOVE BY KIMBERLY R. NARIO

July 22, 2020 by CheatsMovement No Comments
An odd title, considering I was sort of dumped last month. But we’ll get to that later. First, a confession. ...
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VOICES: THE NEW RICHMOND BUSY BEING BORN BY THAD WILLIAMSON, PH.D.

July 19, 2020 by CheatsMovement 1 Comment
The Emerging New Richmond Politics: Two Observations The most visible symbols of the Confederacy soon will be gone. The damage...
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