Healthcare heroes share the pain of watching patients lose their lives to Covid-19 while unable to have loved ones nearby. Hear why these nurses are committed to their calling.
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GPS pioneer, Dr. Gladys West, and her fellow math-wiz husband Ira West, share what it was like to have high-level careers during a time when integration was just beginning while continuing to break ground for people of color today. Adele McClure explains how she beat homelessness to lead the VA Legislative Black Caucus. Learn how Virginia’s Crown Act protects people with natural hair styles and texture from discrimination. -
We take a look at Gray Area Drinking and how having a glass of wine every night to escape stress could lead to bigger problems. Then we visit with Miss America, Camille Schrier. She is a VCU doctoral student who breaks stereotypes and shares some challenges in her journey. We take a look at Fashion over the decades and the impacts of headlines on hemlines to designers.
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See how one family’s pain with infant loss drove them to help other bereaved families through Kennedy’s Angel Gowns. Learn about the hardships and successes of the Asian Pacific Islander Community. A food expert shares the trends and tragedies that shaped what’s on our plates over the last 30 years.
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In the Season 30 premiere of Virginia Currents, hear the compelling stories of how ChildSavers helps children and families impacted by trauma. See how Argie went from being a rescue dog to a search dog for Powhatan Police. From solving cold cases to giving new leads, we look at how DNA’s role in criminal investigations changed drastically in 30 years.
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Virginia Currents returns with new episodes October 15. After30 seasons of inspiring and entertaining viewers with stories of people and organizations that make a difference, Virginia Currents will sign off at the end of this season.
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How does COVID-19 compare to other pandemics that devastated the globe since 1990.
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Miss America and VCU doctorate student, Camille Schrier, breaks stereotypes while inspiring young women to go for their passions and not be deterred by naysayers during this candid conversation and exciting science demonstration at the Science Museum of Virginia.
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Watch the compelling story of Holocaust survivor, Halina Zimm, wife of Alan Zimm, Holocaust survivor and spouse.
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Virginia Currents interviews Alan Zimm at the Virginia Holocaust Museum. A Holocaust survivor, he shared a story of loss, luck, hope and his mission to teach tolerance, not hate.
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Find out how this theatre withstood fire, weather damage, segregation, and hard economic times, but eventually closed for 60 years deteriorating from the inside out. Hear the gripping history of the theatre from Geoffrey Kershner, Executive Director of the Academy of the Arts, and how it has been fully renovated to be a jewel in the crown of downtown Lynchburg.
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Shayy Winn shares candid stories about being on American Idol as a high school student with a newly diagnosed vision impairment. This uncut interview at her Chesterfield County Virginia home includes a few bloopers and a lot of laughs. Shayy made it to the top 40 in season 17 of American Idol and her main audition brought Lionel Richie to tears.
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In 2019, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney proclaimed February 13 as “Mad Skillz Day” to honor Shaquan Ian Lewis, who is credited for putting Virginia on the hip-hop map with his acclaimed 1996 debut album “From Where???”
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We show the Winn family support for 18 year old singer, Shayy Winn. She recently became legally blind. Yet with an uplifting attitude, persevered & moved American Idol judges & fans to tears in 2019. We see the everyday neglect that affects our communities’ pets through the eyes of Richmond Animal Care & Control. Visit a Blue Ridge Veterinary dog donor drive. We visit Devil’s Backbone Brewery.
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CURE (Clergy United for Racial Empathy), a inter-faith group of clergy, board a bus to visit the places where painful racial history began to learn how to better ally to those affected negatively by racism. Go inside a Silent Reading Party at a Henrico County school where introverts spend time with a good book & make new friends without ever saying a word. Visit Mama J’s in Historic Jackson Ward.
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This story inspired by NAMI Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness) hopes to help enlighten & end the stigma of mental illness with a personal, moving story of coping with bipolar disorder by an accomplished educator, Tammy Ozolins. We learn more about the high level of addiction within the restaurant industry and how a support group is giving them hope.
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The VA Tech Helmet Lab use sensors in mouth-guards on a women’s club rugby team to see what happens to a woman’s head when being hit. At the Gloucester Pocahontas Festival we take a look at the challenges and successful strides made by Virginia Tribes. See how the Prime Timers group allows aging gay men a chance to be open, for some the first time in their lives. Visit the Pope-Leighey House. -
One of the goals of Fear 2 Freedom is humanizing trauma instead of turning victims into statistics. This organization educates CNU students on showing support to sexual assault survivors while giving them a voice. We visit the campus during their Shadow Event which is an immersive 90-minute presentation centered around survivors telling their stories. Survivors are silhouetted behind a curtain to protect their identities and to help them feel safe.
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In this Virginia Currents feature, find out what's new and what's mistakenly thought of as true when it comes to concussions. We talk with Dr. Gunnar Brolinson, Chair of Sports Medicine at Virginia Tech and VT Team Physician at the VT Helmet Lab in Blacksburg, VA.
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Learn how the riveting exhibition “Great Force” came to fruition from Amber Esseiva, Assistant Curator of the Institute For Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond. She describes how through various mediums of art this exhibition addresses the historical barriers that have been in place due to racism against blacks and the persistence of the color line in the United States.
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Frank Arrigo, a former Life Sciences employee, tells us what life is like after the Kepone Chemical Crisis in Hopewell. He talks about the severe symptoms he endured while working at Life Sciences as a welder, and for years after the plant was closed down and still today.
