Benjamin Dolle

VPM News presents a legislative candidate forum, sponsored by Chamber RVA, recorded live in our Sesame Street studios in Richmond on October 9th. This program features Virginia’s 66th House District, where Republican Speaker of the House Kirk Cox is being challenged by Democrat Sheila Bynum-Coleman. The forum was moderated by VPM News Director, Craig Carper.

Dr. Kathryn Howell and Dr. Benjamin Teresa, Co-Directors of the RVA Eviction Lab at VCU, host a panel on housing instabilty at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. Panelists include Jackie Washington, director of Six Points Innovation Center; Phil Storey, Campaign to Reduce Evictions attorney at the Virginia Poverty Law Center; and Virginia State Sen. Jennifer McClellan. The panel was moderated by VPM's Megan Pauly. The program was recorded on September 26, 2019.

Dr. Chitralekha Zutshi speaks about Kashmir’s history in a presentation to the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond. (Recorded 9/11/19)

Dr. Matthew Shank conducts an interview with Ambassador Frederick Barton about his new book, Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World.…

Dr. Robert Sutter speaks to the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond about the challenges facing the U.S. in dealing with China.

Author Douglas Brinkley speaks about his new book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race at the Virignia Museum of History and Culture as part of the Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture Series.

The University of Richmond’s Robins Executive Speaker series presents Women on Boards. Melanie Healey, Candy Duncan, and Blythe McGarvie all serve on various national and international boards of directors, and sit down with Dean Nancy Bagranoff to discuss their experience as trailblazers in the business community.

Valentine Director Bill Martin and Coffee With Strangers RVA Kelli Lemon present opposing data points that highlight the ongoing dichotomy of the River City, followed by presentations from Richmond Times-Dispatch Columnist Michael Paul Williams and VCU Brandcenter Professor and Co-Founder of Brand Federation Kelly O’Keefe.

The Committee on Special Issues of National & State Importance and the Joint Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the VBA and Virginia State Bar present a program featuring speakers U.Va. President James E. Ryan, Richmond attorney Stacy E. Lee, Prof. A. Mechele Dickerson, a law professor at the University of Texas who formerly was a VBA member, and Lt. Col. Aram M. Donigian with the U.S. Army. Virginia mediator Jeanne F. Franklin moderated the session.

Kenyatta D. Berry, co-host of the popular PBS series Genealogy Roadshow, visited the Library of Virginia to discuss genealogy, family history, and her new book. The Family Tree Toolkit is designed to help genealogists navigate the sometimes overwhelming, sometimes treacherous, and sometimes exhilarating waters of finding ancestors.