APV Documentary Film Festival: Into Eternity, 2009
Join us Saturday December 14th for the final film in our 2013 Documentary Film Festival, “Into Eternity”. APV will host a 2pm matinee showing of this award winning 2009 film at the historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond Virginia. Admission is free to the public and we will be gathering afterwards to discuss the topics raised.
“Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock — a huge system of underground tunnels – that must last 100,000 years as this is how long the waste remains hazardous.”
Here’s the link to the Trailer
Into Eternity
2pm Saturday, December 14th
The Byrd Theatre, 2908 W. Cary St.
APV Documentary Film Festival: Electoral Dysfunction 2012
Saturday, October 19, 2013
2:00pm until 4:00pm
Byrd Theatre at 2908 W Cary St Richmond, VA 23221
Candidate Forum
APV was a prime mover in organizing the May 8th candidate forum here in Richmond and we are proud to announce it was a great success. Our thanks go out to Sen. Herring and Mr. Fairfax who are running for Attorney General and Mr. Chopra and Sen. Northam who are running for Lt. Governor for participating. All the candidates made strong presentations and Virginia would be well served to have any of them in office. Special thanks to Dr. Kim Allen who moderated tonight’s event and to the Gay Community Center of Richmond for hosting. Also a special thanks to APV Deputy Policy Director Roland Winston who was our point man on this event.
(Photo: Mr. Fairfax, Sen. Herring, Mr. Chopra and Sen. Northam)
Candidate Forum
The Gay Community Center of Richmond
1407 Sherwood Ave., Richmond, Virginia 23220
Wednesday, May 8th 2013
7:00pm- 9:30pm
As in past years APV, in cooperation with numerous other organizations including GETEqual – Va, People of Faith for Equality in Va, Progress Va, Richmond NOW, Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter, UniteWomen.org and Virginians for Responsible Gun Laws is hosting a forum for candidates running for state-wide office in Virginia. We have invited all those who have registered to run in the election including independents, Republicans who will participate in this month’s nominating convention and Democrats who will participate in the June 11th primary.
At present we are expecting four Democratic candidates for Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor; unfortunately the Republican candidates either declined our invitation or did not choose to respond.
We have commitments from Aneesh P Chopra and Ralph Northam who are running for Lieutenant Governor in the June Democratic primary and Justin Fairfax and Mark Herring who are running for Attorney General. We preferred to have candidates speaking in opposition and since Mr. Cuccinelli chose not to attend; Mr. McAuliffe will not be speaking.
In the next four years many important issues will come before our leaders in Richmond: Women’s reproductive choice, uranium mining, transportation, education, LGBTQ equality and nondiscrimination, voting rights, gun laws and more. This is a prime opportunity for you to see and speak with these candidates. The 2013 election will be critical to Virginia’s future and we urge you to get to know those who wish to lead our Commonwealth.
Please join us!
Roland Winston
Deputy Policy Director for Equality and Diversity
Here is a link to our facebook page for this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/596695773676059/
Show Your Support For Clean Energy
April 24, APV Deputy Policy Director Stefan Reed testified before the Virginia State Corporation Commission regarding Dominion Power’s proposed 1.1 billion dollar natural gas plant to be built in Brunswick County between now and 2016. Stefan made a strong case against such a large investment in a technology that is already yesterday’s news. “We need to invest in technologies that provide clean and renewable energy for the 21st century not the 20th”. Stefan talked about the need to force Dominion (Virginia’s largest political donor) to live up to its promises of safe, clean, renewable energy instead of the lip service we have gotten so far.
Also at the hearing we heard moving testimony from local Southside business and government leaders in favor of the plant. APV is very sympathetic to the ongoing plight of these communities. Unemployment in this region sits stubbornly at around twice the state average. The citizens of Brunswick County and their neighbors deserve a sustainable, job creating industry in their region. Sadly, instead of a cutting edge alternative energy infrastructure that will bring and keep quality jobs in the Southside such as Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Tidal or Hydroelectric, they are being asked to wed their region’s future to the outdated, inefficient and dirty technologies that Dominion persists in advancing. As Stefan said “we need to invest in real energy solutions, not more of the same”
