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Virginia Organizing to Hold Media Conference to Call on School Board to Meet with Community Groups

Virginia Organizing to Hold Media Conference to Call on School Board to Meet with Community Groups

What: Media conference with Lynchburg parents and community leaders to call on the Lynchburg School Board to meet with Virginia Organizing and other community groups When: Tuesday, June 6 at 5 p.m. Wh ...

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Gov. McAuliffe Signs Bills to Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Gov. McAuliffe Signs Bills to Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Sixteen Virginia Organizing members attend a bill signing in Richmond today. Governor Terry McAuliffe signed two bills supporting his "Classrooms not Courtrooms" initiative. In addition to supporting ...

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Block Party Celebrates Community in the Face of Indignity

Block Party Celebrates Community in the Face of Indignity

What: Block Party for Dignity, a celebration of the power of community and solidarity in the aftermath of three recent incidents involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement, local law enforcement an ...

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Upcoming Absentee Voting Deadlines

Upcoming Absentee Voting Deadlines

From the Virginia Department of Elections. Qualified Virginia voters have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 to request an absentee ballot be mailed to them for the June 13, 2017 Primary Election. ...

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Tamara Cherry-Clarke: May 2017 Leader of the Month

Tamara Cherry-Clarke: May 2017 Leader of the Month

In May 2016, Tamara Cherry-Clark attended a school-to-prison pipeline community meeting with a friend from work. In the year since that first meeting, Tamara has become a leader in the New River Valle ...

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Returning Citizens Voting at Last!

Returning Citizens Voting at Last!

When Raymond Steverson, Jr. first tried to get his voting rights restored many years ago, he found it a very difficult process. After filling out the many forms and getting them notarized, he was told ...

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Trump’s Budget vs. Our Vision

Trump’s Budget vs. Our Vision

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Wrong Choice Act: Defend the CFPB

Wrong Choice Act: Defend the CFPB

In under six years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $12 billion to 29 million consumers. A dangerous new bill in Congress would gut the CFPB. Share now and tell your representati ...

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Why Should Deaf People Vote?

Why Should Deaf People Vote?

From Rooted in Rights. ...

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Trump Tax Plan Would Give 400 Highest-Income Americans More Than $15 Million a Year in Tax Cuts

Trump Tax Plan Would Give 400 Highest-Income Americans More Than $15 Million a Year in Tax Cuts

Published by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. President Trump’s tax plan contains specific, costly tax cuts for the wealthy and profitable corporations but only vague promises for working famil ...

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