On May 3, 2024, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) sent a letter to Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, urging him and the State Department to take action on the issue of organ trading in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
VOC’s Ken Pope, Vice President for Academic Operations and Strategic Partnerships, participated in the National Association of Scholars and Civics Alliance’s launch of its Model K-12 History of Communism Standards, which provides guidelines for high school teachers to integrate the history of communism, world-wide and in America, into social studies courses.
VOC’s Chairman and Founding Director of the VOC Museum, Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, speaks with Steven Hayward on the Power Line Show about the VOC Museum and Hayward’s book on the Reagan presidency.
VOC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eric Patterson, writes about the need for Congress to ensure that American investments uphold ethical standards rather than aiding human rights abuses, such as the forced labor of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Founding Director of the VOC Museum, spoke with Alice Popovici of Smithsonian Magazine about the importance of exposing the “sober” and “troublesome” aspects of life under communism.
VOC’s President and CEO, Dr. Eric Patterson, writes for Providence Magazine on the historic package of foreign policy funding that was passed by Congress to aid Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel.
On February 8, VOC hosted an exclusive event entitled “Voices for Freedom” which featured nearly a dozen witnesses of communism, including a keynote by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares. He spoke about the stark differences between free countries and those under communist rule.
VOC’s Director of Government Relations, Karina Lipsman, was appointed to the Virginia General Assembly’s Office of New Americans Advisory Board.
