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The JXN Project in partnership with WWBT 12 On Your Side cordially invites you to “The Skipwith-Roper Homecoming” to celebrate the grand opening of The JXN Haus and Skipwith-Roper Cottage from April 17 to 19, 2026.
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Friday, April 17, 2026 from 6pm-8pm
JXN will partner with Historic St. John’s Church to deliver a keynote address on “Declarations of Independence: The Story of a Black Founding Father” as part of The Walter W. Craigie Speaker Series at St. John’s Church located at 2401 East Broad Street — the church where Virginia Governor Patrick Henry famously declared “Give us liberty or give us death”. Limited tickets are $25 and available at https://www.historicstjohnschurch.org/.../dr-sesha-joi-moon.
Saturday, April 18, 2026 from 6pm-10pm
JXN will partner with Monticello and Chef Manny to host “Feast of Reason: An Ode to Black Culinary Arts” in tribute to the colonial culinary contributions of the Hemings Family at Monticello — whose descendants resided in Jackson Ward. The dinner will feature sounds by the Sam Reed Band and Dr. Naima Burrs Orchestra. Tickets are sold out.
Sunday, April 19, 2026 from 1pm-5pm
JXN will partner with Richmond Night Market to host the “JXN Open House and Black Ribbon Cutting” at The JXN Haus and Skipwith-Roper Cottage located at 303 E. Bates Street. The open house with self-led tours will feature sounds by DJ Rayvon and several Black-owned food trucks and vendors — and activations by The Well Collective and Memory Lab at Richmond Public Library. Tickets are first come, first served with a capacity of 500 attendees and ride share is encouraged. Limited tickets are free and available at https://theskipwithroperhomecoming.eventbrite.com.
On September 10, 2021, in honor of Giles. B. Jackson's birthday and as part of its year-long sesquicentennial celebration of Jackson Ward, The JXN Project partnered with Give Black Richmond to pledge a one-time philanthropic donation of $50,000 to support local institutions and|or initiatives that are rooted in and|or have a direct impact across the historic and|or historical footprint of Jackson Ward. This donation includes $1,000 donations to several grassroots entities and $5,000 grants to a handful of community organizations that will help to further expand the reach and impact of the donation across the ward — to include the Historic Jackson Ward Association, Virginia Union University, Richmond Black Restaurant Experience, and Jackson Ward Collective. Also, this includes a $10,000 donation to "The Adele Johnson Fund: Supporting Untold Stories" at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia. JXN fully recognizes that there is an array of work being done across the ward and we're hopeful that we've captured a representative sample of that work.
The JXN Project had the pleasure of briefing U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on our proposal to pay homage to the project’s anchoring ancestor — Abraham Peyton Skipwith who we consider to be the founding father of Jackson Ward as its first known Black homeowner — by reestablishing his cottage that was built in 1793 but then displaced in 1958 by the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike back in its rightful home in Jackson Ward. Please stay tuned for the official launch of our homecoming campaign at the top of the new year!
Photo Credit | U.S. Department of Transportation
The JXN Project is proud to announce its receipt of Historic Richmond's 2021 Golden Hammer Award for "Best Placemaking." The project joins the company of past winners such as Kehinde Wiley's "Rumors of War" at the VMFA, "History Is Illuminating", American Civil War Museum, Maggie Lena Walker Memorial Plaza, and The Garden at Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church.
Photo Credit | Magali deVulpillieres
