In a chilly, candle-lit Stern Plaza, the ceremony began with opening remarks from associate director of the Hub for Student Inclusion and Community Casey Butler, who acknowledged Richmond’s history as the capital of the Powhatan confederacy and violence and oppression that has since persisted.
Once filled with the rhythmic click-clack of computer keyboards and occasional creaks from wooden chairs, Boatwright Memorial Library now hums with whirring machinery after more than two years of renovations.
Concertgoers lit up the Greek Theater with cell phone lights.
