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Conaway
B. Haskins III is a Richmond-area nonprofit
executive, writer, and activist who publishes the South of the James blog. He is a contributing writer
for Bacon’s
Rebellion and the The
Voice Newspaper and has also written for the
African
American Golfers Digest, Black
Athlete Sports Network, and Style
Weekly.
Conaway
serves on the Board of Directors of the Responsible
Growth Alliance of Chesterfield and the
Executive Committee of the Chesterfield
County Democratic Committee. He was named as a
2006 Fellow of the Sorensen
Institute for Political Leadership at the University
of
Virginia.
Conaway
previously worked as a Research Associate at the Aspen
Institute, where he was part of a team
focused on advancing market-oriented strategies for
developing the nation’s workforce, reducing
poverty, and creating wealth for low-income workers
and communities. He graduated from the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a masters’ degree
in regional planning, and he earned a bachelors
degree in government & politics from George
Mason
University. Conaway current resides in
Chesterfield County
and is a native of Lunenburg
County. He can be reached at conaway@gmail.com
Columns
November
6: The
Day After Tomorrow.
As the 2006
elections rush to a conclusion, the stars of the
season – political bloggers – would be wise to
think about what lies ahead for their vibrant,
sometimes vicious community.
October
23: When
Journalists Attack.
As
the 2006 political season comes to a head, journalists
are becoming more hostile to bloggers who invade their
space.
September
25: Who's
Watching the Richmond Media?
Part
I: Community
weeklies diverge on news council idea.
September
25: Who's
Watching the Richmond Media? Part
II: Blogs to the Rescue?
August
7: Blogology.
Commonwealth
Conservative: Chad Dotson
July
10: Blogology.
Too
Conservative: Vince
Harris
June
26: Blogology.
Caught in the
Webb: Lowell Feld
June
12: Blogology.
Teen
Spirit: Kenton Ngo
May
15: Blogology.
Ten Questions for Will Vehrs
May
1: Teaching
our Teachers. Virginia
seems ill-prepared to deal with a looming teacher
shortage. One solution might be to re-think the
policies of its education schools.
May
1: Blogology:
Where's
Waldo? Waldo Jaquith.
April
17: When
Democrats Attack. The
Democratic blogosphere has a problem with the fact
that U.S. Senatorial hopeful Harris Miller is a
rich Washington lobbyist. My reaction: So what?
April
17: Race,
Class and Affirmative
Action. Jim
Webb supports affirmative action for African-Americans
to counteract historical injustices of slavery and
segregation. But poverty, he notes, does not
discriminate on the basis of skin color.
2005
Oct.
3: Separate
but Equal at UVa. The University of Virginia
must work to overcome Virginia's legacy of
discrimination -- but supporting the
self-segregation of black students is not the way to
do it.
Sept.
5: The
Black Vote in 2005. African Americans will
favor Tim Kaine this November, but perhaps not by
the same margin that Democratic candidates are
accustomed to.
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