VCC Magazine Winter 2020

V irginia C apitol C onnections , W inter 2020 3 Winter 2020 Volume 26 Number 1 • Editor-in-Chief –Bonnie Atwood • Assistant Editor – Cierra Parks • Student Editors –Hannah King • Publisher –David Bailey • Art Director –John Sours School Distribution – schools@capitolsquare.com • Advertising – Ads@CapitolSquare.com • Printer –Wordsprint • Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 1076-4577) is published by: Virginia Capitol Connections • 1108 East Main Street • Suite 1200 • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 643-5554 • Copyright 2020, Virginia Capitol Connections, Inc. All rights reserved. The views expressed in the articles of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine , a non-partisan publication, are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE On The Web www.vccqm.org 4 Girl Scouts 5 My Mother, Madam Speaker 6 Women of the 2020 House of Delegates 7 Women of the 2020 Senate 8 What I Have Learned 9 Women of the Past and Present 9 Huge Progress in Five Years 10 A New Day Reigns in the Old Dominion 10 A Seat at the Table: New Women, New Chairs 12 QM Asks: Legislators Answer 13 2020 Committee Chairs Named 14 A Guardian of the Senate 15 The Powerful Voices of Virginia Women 16 The Photography of Wanda Judd 18 The Importance of Women’s Political Representation 19 Virginia Delegate Fights for Student Journalist Protections 21 Fund Our Schools 22 1:250 Means Counseling Access for All 23 Overhauling Racial Discrimination in the Code Point-Counterpoint 24 Pass The Equal Rights Amendment 25 ERA Built on a False Premise 26 Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Services 28 Virginia Consumer Healthcare Alliance Focused on Making Coverage Affordable 29 Governor Baliles: A Life of Service 30 Association and Business Directory 30 The Lighter Side of Lobbying page 5 corn page 8 darner page 9 Vanderhye page 9 Wagner page 10 Miller Virginia Girl Scouts helped to unveil the new statues on the Capitol grounds. They honor extraordinary women throughout the history of the Commonwealth. Women Step Up