I don't know what facilities VCU has in Qatar, but wherever is there would have been built using labor from the Kafala system that did all construction in Qatar until it was banned in 2017. And even afterward just not paying people and a £1/hour wages persists in one of the richest countries in the world likely by the companies that VCU Qatar contracts for local labor to this day.

VCU virtue signaling about the world cup should be secondary to VCU being held accountable to its own involvement with labor practices there and people in the VCU community should be asking questions about how local contractors to VCU Qatar are treating their foreign sourced labor.

Whoever say picks up the trash, cleans the restrooms, if they have a cafeteria cooks in the kitchen, or is hired for construction/maintenance etc there isn't a native born Qatari citizen. How are they treated?

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This available?

..… vcu has acampus in qqatar?

If you live in the Fan or Museum District, I recommend Kenny Williams, The Fan Sitter . He was great with our reactive dog.

Edit: if you need behavioral help, Edie Larson (Hounds in Hand is amazing. She will come to your house and spend so much time with you that I don't even know how she makes money. But she does it the right way, by teaching you how to teach your dog and make your dog comfortable (i.e., no unethical methods!).

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My dad died last year. Thanks for the groan-worthy dad joke.

Tried to get an e-bike repair done at Carytown bikes and was told that since they were recently bought by Specialized, they are only allowed to work on Specialized e-bikes.

https://qatar.vcu.edu/news/improving-migrant-worker-conditions-by-design

Sending good thoughts to you and your family

I don't even necessarily want them to address anything. It's just weird to me that they have this whole other campus and you would think it would be free advertising.

But if you are asking what the controversy is with the world cup, it's that the stadiums and massive amounts of world cup related infrastructure were built with essentially modern day slavery.

My MIL went on an absolute tirade about how she deserves presents after we asked if this year we skip the adults gift exchange for Christmas due to our lack of extra funds. Then she said how last year our gifts weren’t very good anyways and we should have tried harder this year. WTF? Thanks for ruining Thanksgiving you fucking loser. I can’t imagine responding with anything but kindness and understanding if one day my daughter asked to skip gifts. Jesus.

ate some brownies and don't really remember what else.

What controversy do you want VCU to address?

Their stance: 💰💰💰

I'll definitely enjoy it for a few days, but we'll need to eat it much longer than that. The kids didn't seem to care for any of it (except the sweet potato biscuits) so it's basically just going to be my wife and I.

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Amazing slice of nature for the city.

Too much Thai. I am also going to die.

lol VCU all talk about social issues.

Same! Best of luck to us getting out (and hopefully not boomerang-ing back in)

Not quite turkey related but anyone have recommendations for 1 on 1 dogsitting?

He's a bit reactive so I'd like to work with whoever they are to get him friendly with them and make sure it's a good fit if possible. His current dogsitter put both of us in a bad situation so trying to find someone new for him.

I think she will be ok she’s just in pain and I hate to not be able to do anything about it. Got her all snuggled up though.:(

This has been the case for months!

HAHA