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“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.”—Hunter S. Thompson

“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.”—Hunter S. Thompson

Blue Ridge Abortion Fund and the Charlottesville Democratic Committee are sponsoring a virtual panel on Thursday to share “in the trenches” perspectives from a variety of Southern abortion funds.

The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation has hit its $100,000 goal to launch a new scholarship encouraging and supporting underrepresented students in the pursuit of the CPA profession.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is participating in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program, sponsoring six locations starting in late May, helping ensure that children, across the region, have access to nutritious food to fuel their learning, play, and growth.

A gift from industrial and organizational psychologist, and retired financial services human resources executive, Susan Nolan Palmer, a 1967 Mary Baldwin alum, is helping Mary Baldwin University launch a new named college.

BISSELL Pet Foundation is aiming to Empty the Shelters by sponsoring reduced adoption fees of $25 from May 2-16. This event will be hosted in more than 275 shelters in 40 states, including the Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA.

The AFCEA International family welcomes the newly formed AFCEA Rockbridge Shenandoah Chapter, which kicked off its inaugural chapter meeting on Thursday with a mix of fanfare and business.

According to the Health Care Costs Institute, insulin prices nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016, with the average price for a 40-day supply of insulin increasing from $344 to $666 during that span.

Jacob Valente, a third-year doctoral student in the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences program, has received the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Award.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is hosting Erik Curren, author of Abolish Oil Now! Abolitionists Beat Slavery and Can Beat Climate Change, for an author talk and book signing at Eastern Mennonite University.
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