Megan Tasha Schiffres

If you haven’t eloped with your best friend yet, I would highly recommend it. 🧡

Also, the earliest that limited shelter will open is November 15 - two weeks after the deadline set by council.

Last night Richmond’s administration announced they’ll only be opening up 60 beds for their cold weather shelter this winter. That’s a huge decrease from the 150 they promised the homeless. There are almost 500 homeless people in the city and temperatures have been plummeting.

“It gets frustrating and you just want to break down and cry and scream and yell because we're doing the best we can. We're going to where we need to go, we're calling who we need to call. And still very few people want to help." - Hana Mills.

Richmond is currently facing a homelessness crisis. According to the city’s quarterly count of unhoused people, there were 447 people experiencing homelessness in Richmond during July, including 204 who were living without shelter. Experts say their numbers are expected to rise.

🚨🚨 URGENT NEWS: The deadline to open Richmond's winter weather shelter is only two weeks away, but council has yet to even choose a location or a provider. A subcommittee will discuss proposals today at 2pm, but even if they choose one, council can't approve it until Nov. 14.

What impact does security measures like increased surveillance, metal detectors, and the presence of SROs have on student safety and their ability to learn? This story gets into those questions and more at Richmond public schools @RPS_Schools. vpm.org/news/articles/…

For my source Leigh Guinty, moving through the world as a transgender person is dangerous. He says the feeling of being watched never goes away. “You literally walk around with a bull's-eye on your front and back every day, all day." To sign up, contact @health_brigade.

Before the new playground was built, the only green space in Church Hill South was a cemetery. Now the newly constructed Henry L. Marsh Elementary playground is open to members of the public when school is not in session, in addition to students. vpm.org/news/articles/…

To sign up an appointment, call the Doses on Demand hotline at (804) 205-3501.

400,000 Virginians say they have difficulty living independently or doing errands like going to the doctor. To help them and others access the COVID vaccine, the Richmond and Henrico health districts are administering shots inside residents' homes. vpm.org/news/articles/…

Did you know that @rvaparksandrec operates SEVEN free public pools across Richmond all summer long through Labor Day? 🏊🏾‍♂️🛟🏊🏻‍♀️ Adult swim is 7-8pm M-F. 🔹 Battery Park 🔹 Blackwell 🔹 Fairmount 🔹 Hotchkiss 🔹 Powhatan 🔹 Randolph 🔹 Woodville

Not sure that's how this works. wtvr.com/news/local-new…

MAD RVA is one step closer to opening a free store in Northside! When it opens in the Fall, the store will offer fresh groceries and other essential supplies like baby formula and tampons. vpm.org/news/articles/…

Richmond prosecutors dropped the case against two men police say planned a mass shooting at Dogwood Dell on July 4. Attorneys told the judge this morning the office has no evidence tying the arrest to a planned shooting. More later today on @myVPM .

“RPD later claimed it deployed teargas at the Lee monument because violent protesters were cutting off officers who were trying to get to safety. The department acknowledged as part of a settlement earlier this month that it had fabricated that narrative.”

Data USA, a platform that collects and analyzes government data, reported that Black people make up 60% of people living in poverty in Richmond. datausa.io/profile/geo/ri…

According to the @ACLU, racial profiling refers to “the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.”

RPD has been tracking public housing residents who they deem to be potential "shooters." But people don't need a criminal record to be investigated - VICTIMS of gun violence and people the department claims "will shoot" others are also being targeted. vpm.org/news/articles/…