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Fans Support Athletes Using Platforms to Talk Faith
Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs players and coaches pray following a game, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship made headlines for more than the play on the field. The game famously featured two teams, Notre Dame and Ohio State, whose players openly expressed spirituality throughout the season.
Column: Attorney General Miyares is protecting the Virginia economy
Column: Looking for truth when lies become too easy to embrace
Barna: Why the Story of the Black Church Is Important for America
3:00PM EST 1/20/2021 D.J. Jordan (Pixabay.com) Barna Group today released the first of several research reports on the state of the Black church in America. As the U.S. honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18, this report underscores the tremendous role of the Black church in American history, progress and national culture. This report was developed in partnership with Black Millennial Cafe, Urban Ministries Inc., American Bible Society, Compassion International, Gloo and Lead.NYC.
Opinion: To be competitive, Virginia Republicans must pivot
Gov. Bob McDonnell, seen here campaigning in Norfolk in 2009, was the last Republican to win statewide election in Virginia. (Stephen M. Katz | The Virginian-Pilot) D.J. Jordan served as chairman of the Virginia Board of Social Services in 2016 and 2017, and unsuccessfully ran for House of Delegates as a Republican in 2019. (LATISHA WILLIS / HANDOUT) When I first got involved in Virginia politics in 2013, the commonwealth had a Republican governor and legislature in Richmond.
Opinion: To be competitive, Virginia Republicans must pivot
D.J. Jordan served as chairman of the Virginia Board of Social Services in 2016 and 2017, and unsuccessfully ran for House of Delegates as a Republican in 2019. (LATISHA WILLIS / HANDOUT) When I first got involved in Virginia politics in 2013, the commonwealth had a Republican governor and legislature in Richmond. My, how times have changed. Since then, the GOP has lost every statewide election.
Value vs. Vanity: Metrics that Matter for Earned Media
Wed., Aug. 19, 2020 By D.J. Jordan and Dustin Siggins D.J. Jordan and Dustin Siggins co-authored this article. With great power comes great responsibility.” From Uncle Ben’s mouth to Peter Parker’s ears to PR practitioners’ computers, two recent national surveys show the power of earned media and the serious responsibility we bear to serve our clients and the general public. The first study was Edelman’s June “Brand Trust in 2020” special report.
Explainer: What’s happening with children at the southern border?
Recent outcry over issues at the United States–Mexico border broke out after reporting from the Associated Press revealed unconscionable conditions for child migrants in government custody in a facility near El Paso, Texas. The AP story highlighted concerns from a group of attorneys who interviewed 60 children at the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) site. Their accounts revealed safety and sanitation concerns with the housing conditions and a lack of adequate adult supervision.
D.J. Jordan
D.J. Jordan passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at 7:34 a.m., at his home in Kerrville, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Jordan; daughter, Julie Freeman (Matt); brother, Jerry Ray Jordan; brother-in-law, David Burleson (Patty); and numerous nieces and nephews. kAmq@C? @? pAC:= `b[ `haf[ :? {2C2>:6[ (J@>:?8[ E@ |JCE=6 (:=9:E6 y@C52? 2?5 s@4< y6776CD@? y@C52?[ s]y] 8C6H FA :? u@I[ ~<=29@>2[ 2?5 t5?2[ %6I2D] w6 D6CG65 :? E96 &]$] pC>J :? v6C>2?J 5FC:?8 ((xx 2?5 C6EFC?65 E@ t5?2 H96?
Opinion | Virginia’s very bad Black History Month
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) greets members of the Richmond 34 for a breakfast at the Governors Mansion in Richmond on Feb. 22. The Richmond 34 were a group of African Americans who defied segregation laws in the 1960s (Steve Helber/Associated Press) February 28 at 4:26 PM D.J. Jordan lives in Woodbridge and is the former chairman of the Virginia State Board of Social Services. This month has brought a roller coaster of racial controversies in the commonwealth.
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