Jamelle Bouie
Opinion Columnist
This article is part of Times Opinion’s 2022 Giving Guide. Read more about the guide in a note from Opinion’s editor, Kathleen Kingsbury.
As I did with last year’s giving guide, I want to focus my attention on local and regional groups doing good work where I live, in central Virginia and surrounding areas. And I want to say to you, too, that it is worth looking for ways to give in your community, and provide a little extra cash to the people working to help your neighbors.
With the end of Roe v. Wade, it is more important than ever to support reproductive freedom and access to reproductive health services. Whole Women’s Health of Charlottesville provides affordable reproductive health services, including abortion care.
Nolef Turns works to reintegrate formerly incarcerated people into their communities and reduce recidivism in the Richmond area.
PFLAG Blue Ridge promotes the health, safety and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Charlottesville area through support services, education and advocacy.
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