About the artist Learn more about the artist – Sahara Clemons Mayor Nikuyah Walker is comfortable speaking uncomfortable truths. Now in her fourth year in the role of Charlottesville’s first Black female mayor, Walker has become accustomed to speaking her mind based on the facts as she sees them, without regard to who does or […]
Author Archives: Samantha Willis
Samantha Willis is freelance journalist with experience in broadcast, digital and print media. She is a native of Hanover County and lives in Ashland with her husband and sons.
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Soundboard: COVID in Charlottesville, One Year Later
Related Articles: Still Determined: Economic Revival Still Determined: School Daze Still Determined: Vaccine vexation Soundboard: COVID in Charlottesville, One Year Later Credit: WTJU March 13 marked the one-year anniversary of a day that changed a lot of our lives. On March 13, 2020 Governor Ralph Northam announced that all public schools in Virginia would close […]
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Still Determined: Economic Revival
About the artist Learn more about the artist – Sahara Clemons Starting this week, the city of Charlottesville’s Office of Economic Development will disburse $40,000 in grants to local small businesses, all of which are owned by people of color or women. The mini-grant program, facilitated through the city’s Business Equity Fund, is the latest […]
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Still Determined: School Daze
About the artist Learn more about the artist – Sahara Clemons Next Monday, March 8, Charlottesville City Schools’ kindergarten through sixth-grade students will return to learn inside their school buildings. For many students, it will be the first time inside a physical classroom since Gov. Ralph Northam closed schools statewide in March 2020 to stem […]
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Still Determined: Mending Minds of Color
About the artist Learn more about the artist – Sahara Clemons As COVID-19 cases climbed last year, so too did the toll weigh heavier on Americans’ mental and emotional health, and the struggle continues. As of Feb. 1, an estimated 36.9% of Virginia adults experienced symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder, according to census data. […]
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Still Determined: Vaccine vexation
About the artist Learn more about the artist – Sahara Clemons In the final month of the turbulent year 2020, Sandra Lindsay – a New York City critical care nurse, who also happens to be a Black woman – became the first American outside of clinical trials to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Now, nearly two months later, […]
