Draine is on the steering committee for the Charlottesville Food Co-op, which aims to build a community-owned grocery store in Charlottesville.
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Lisa Draine is a freelance producer and community activist. She is on the steering committee of the Charlottesville Food Co-op, a Black-led, multi-racial, multi-generational group committed to opening a community-owned grocery store. Draine is also on the executive committee of the Central Virginia Community Support Fund, which raises funds for immigrants facing legal uncertainty and detention. She was previously the Charlottesville Citizen Representative on the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Board and on the advisory board of Central Virginia Community Justice, a local, restorative justice nonprofit.





