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May 17, 2021
Charly Carter, who has worked in key roles for several progressive groups in Maryland, will take over as executive director of the Democracy Initiative, the board of the national civil rights and voting rights organization announced Monday.
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Ms. Carter After an exhaustive and rigorous national search, we found the ideal candidate to lead the Democracy Initiative at this crucial moment, said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause and co–chair of the Democracy Initiative board. Charly has a proven track record of effective organizing and concrete wins for children and working families. She is a perfect fit to build on the DI s strong foundation of grass-roots mobilization in defense of our democracy.
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Rain, cool temperatures, a gas shortage and even an international pandemic couldnât stop graduates of the University of Virginiaâs Class of 2020 from walking the Lawn, as hundreds returned to Charlottesville for a delayed ceremony Sunday.
Divided into two groups, 2020 graduates were at last given the in-person ceremony many craved after last yearâs ceremony had gone digital shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, amid mass vaccinations and lifting of mask mandates, the graduates were invited back to participate in the ceremony, albeit with a twist: in addition to the time-honored walk down the Lawn, the graduatesâ promenade would continue all the way to Scott Stadium, where a socially distanced ceremony was held.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – Long overdue, the Class of 2020 at the University of Virginia finally got to Walk the Lawn in a postponed and first-of-its-kind Final Exercises ceremony in history. More than 2800 grads did get to walk down the Rotunda steps into the Lawn. However, instead of walking across to sit facing a stage in front of Old Cabell Hall, these grads walked off the Lawn west, down McCormick bridging across Emmet Street, then going down an array of paths to their Scott Stadium destination where ceremonies were being held. The stadium is the only location on the Grounds large enough to accommodate the ceremonies under Governor Northam’s gathering guidelines for graduations.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – This weekend begins two weekends in a row of Final Exercises at the University of Virginia, though both are happening with limits. The Class of 2020 did not get to walk the Lawn last year because of the pandemic, and degrees were conferred in virtual ceremonies. The hope had been to be able to walk the lawn last October, but the pandemic and state emergency regulations prohibited that from happening. However, the regulations have relaxed enough that the Classes of 2020 and 2021 both can have live ceremonies on Grounds this month.
The Class of 2020 is this weekend will have two ceremonies Sunday at Scott Stadium… and the Class of 2021 will have three days of staggered ceremonies for the five schools starting Friday, May 21. Those ceremonies will also be at Scott Stadium. University leaders say the ceremonies must happen at Scott Stadium and not on the Lawn as is the tradition because it’s the only venue on Grounds that can accommodate the