Virginia Attorney General, Jason Miyares Visits Radford University

Jason Miyares, Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia, visited Radford University on the morning of October 18, 2024. During his visit, he engaged in a roundtable discussion with an open panel of twelve students from various regions of Virginia and beyond, who shared issues of significant importance to them.

Key topics addressed included paid internships, sexual abuse, and political affiliation discrimination within academic settings. Miyares actively listened to the students’ concerns, showing particular interest in the challenges surrounding paid internships. He assured the students that he would bring these issues back to his office for discussion in upcoming meetings.

Following the discussion, students had the opportunity to gather with Miyares for group photos and light-hearted conversation in the lobby of Kyle Hall. After a short break, Miyares returned to the roundtable to officially resign the Charter for the “Radford City Triad Cooperative Agreement.” This charter, which includes collaborative commitments from the Office of the Attorney General, Radford’s Sheriff’s Office, Radford Police Department, and Radford Senior Center, focuses on enhancing the quality of life for older citizens.

This agreement between the Office of the Attorney General, the Radford’s Sheriffs Office, the Radford Police Department, and Radford Senior Center, states “We hereby commit to work together to enhance the quality of life of older persons. Our purpose is to heighten awareness among law enforcement practitioners of older persons’ need for dignity and security and to focus our efforts on reducing criminal victimization through cooperative strategies, planning and programming. This initiative is designed to mobilize community resources to continually ascertain the needs and concerns of older citizens and to provide mechanisms for meeting those identified needs.”

The agreement emphasizes the importance of recognizing the needs for dignity and security among older individuals and outlines strategies to reduce criminal victimization through community collaboration. After signing the charter, Miyares and representatives from the Sheriff’s roundtable engaged in a private discussion to further explore collaborative efforts.