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Register Now for Social Justice Bowl 2017

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CFPB Launches New Mortgage Performance Trends Tool for Tracking Delinquency Rates

CFPB Launches New Mortgage Performance Trends Tool for Tracking Delinquency Rates

Newly Available Data Shows Lowest Mortgage Delinquency Rate Since the Financial Crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced the launch of a new Mortgage P ...

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Virginia Voter Instructions (ASL Interpretation)

Virginia Voter Instructions (ASL Interpretation)

The Staunton/Augusta/Waynesboro Chapter filmed a helpful video with information about the upcoming statewide election. Watch this video, make a plan, and vote on November 7! ...

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Bath County school becomes first 100% solar powered school in Virginia

Bath County school becomes first 100% solar powered school in Virginia

Published by WSET. BATH Co., Va. (WSET) — Bath County is now home to the first school in Virginia that's 100 percent solar powered. Valley Elementary in Bath County has solar panels covering all of it ...

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Sen. Booker Announces Landmark Environmental Justice Bill

Sen. Booker Announces Landmark Environmental Justice Bill

Bill would strengthen protections for communities of color, low-income communities and indigenous communities Culmination of months-long drafting process with input from dozens of grassroots orgs and ...

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Jay Johnson: “We Won’t Give Up”

Jay Johnson: “We Won’t Give Up”

At the Grassroots Gathering, Jay Johnson reminded us that we have been through a lot of governors, legislators, and other elected officials over the past 22 years. We didn't give up then and we won't ...

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VIDEO: Virginia Organizing’s Roots in Southwest

VIDEO: Virginia Organizing’s Roots in Southwest

At the Grassroots Gathering, Denise Smith—a member of the original organizing committee—shared stories of Virginia Organizing's roots in Southwest Virginia and the importance of dismantling racism to ...

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Pass a Clean Dream Act!

Pass a Clean Dream Act!

Richmond, Va. — Virginia Organizing released a statement today from Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter about the latest attempts to sabotage the Dream Act by the White House: “Virginia Organizing calls on ...

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Eric Olson-Getty: September/October 2017 Leader of the Month

Eric Olson-Getty: September/October 2017 Leader of the Month

Eric Olson-Getty came to Virginia from North Carolina in 2014. He moved for a new church—his wife is a pastor of a Mennonite congregation—but got to Harrisonburg looking for a new grassroots organizat ...

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Powerful Experience at Grassroots Gathering 2017

Powerful Experience at Grassroots Gathering 2017

We had a full house at this year's Grassroots Gathering. Leaders and supporters from all parts of Virginia came together to make change for the better in our state. Members of affected communities hel ...

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