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Grassroots Gathering Registration Open!

Grassroots Gathering Registration Open!

Click here to register for the Grassroots Gathering. Health care. Immigrant rights. Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline. These are only a few of the issues Virginia Organizing has been working on ...

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CBPP: Analyzing the Senate GOP Health Bill

CBPP: Analyzing the Senate GOP Health Bill

For more images and links, click here for the original post by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Senate Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would leave 22 million mor ...

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Isabel Castillo Receives National Award from Sojourners Faith in Action

Isabel Castillo Receives National Award from Sojourners Faith in Action

Washington, D.C. —Harrisonburg resident Isabel Castillo, Shenandoah Valley Organizer for Virginia Organizing, was recognized as a “Movement Honoree” on June 22 by Sojourners Faith in Action at the 201 ...

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Communication Advice for Alzheimer’s Caregivers in Virginia

Communication Advice for Alzheimer’s Caregivers in Virginia

Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, and even in the early stages, communication between sufferers and carers can change dramatically. So said Carolyn Canini, a Program Director with the A ...

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State says Senate health plan puts Virginia at disadvantage, ‘harsher’ than House proposal

State says Senate health plan puts Virginia at disadvantage, ‘harsher’ than House proposal

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia legislative budget leaders had a quick response to a new health care plan proposed by Republicans in the U.S. Senate — please don’t do what you just did. ...

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Top 5 Reasons Why the AHCA Would Harm Rural Hospitals and Communities

Top 5 Reasons Why the AHCA Would Harm Rural Hospitals and Communities

Published by The Commonwealth Institute. 1. Rural hospitals would face a rising tide of uninsured patients who are unable to pay for care. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) – the recently passed Hou ...

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Virginia Organizing Holds Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

Virginia Organizing Holds Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

Charlottesville, Va.—Virginia Organizing held a rally at the corner of McIntire Road and Preston Avenue on Tuesday, June 20 at 5:30 p.m. to call on our U.S. Senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, to pro ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

Virginia Organizing to Hold Rally to Call on U.S. Senators to Protect Health Care and Stop Budget Cuts

What: Rally to call on U.S. Senators to protect health care and stop federal budget cuts When: Tuesday, June 20 at 5:30 p.m. Where: Corner of McIntire Road and Preston Avenue Speakers: A variety of sp ...

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Gov. McAuliffe is on target with clean energy goals

Gov. McAuliffe is on target with clean energy goals

Published by the Virginian-Pilot. During my time as commander of Air Combat Command headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, I often reflected on my earlier years as a young squadron commander flying ...

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Governor McAuliffe Signs Legislation, Announces Updated Resources Promoting Alternatives to School Suspensions

Governor McAuliffe Signs Legislation, Announces Updated Resources Promoting Alternatives to School Suspensions

On Friday, Governor McAuliffe signed legislation directing the Board of Education to develop best practice alternatives to school suspensions. The legislation aligns with the Governor’s Classrooms not ...

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