2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26108513D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 394
Offered March 11, 2026
Commending the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities.
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Patrons—Cousins, Callsen, Carr, Clark, McPike, McQuinn, Price, Rasoul, Schmidt, Tran, Ward and Ware
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WHEREAS, the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, a nonprofit organization that strives to improve academic achievement, increase workplace productivity, and enhance local trust by addressing prejudice in all forms, celebrated the 90th anniversary of the founding of its precursor organization, the Lynchburg Round Table, in 2025; and
WHEREAS, the rich history of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities began in 1935, when Lynchburg College, now the University of Lynchburg, hosted the Lynchburg Round Table, an interfaith conference with a Jewish rabbi, a Catholic priest, and a Protestant minister, who were traveling the country in response to a rise in antisemitism and anti-Catholic sentiment; and
WHEREAS, the Lynchburg Round Table was a great success and similar conferences were established in Richmond and Norfolk; by 1946, these conferences had become affiliated with the National Conference of Christians and Jews; and