Jill Hanken of the Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) led the Healthcare for All Virginians Coalition (HAV) for many years. We appreciate her brilliant work to convince members of the General Assembly ...
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The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools hosted a briefing for U.S. House staffers on January 25, 2019, focused on their report, Confronting the Education Debt. The briefing highlighted the federal under- ...
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Originally from Ohio, LaVerne Jackson moved to Virginia because of her husband’s military assignment here. She raised her children and worked as a nurse in pediatric health care, retiring after ...
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From Families USA on Monday, January 21, 2019: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Families USA announced that Brian Johns is the winner of its Coverage Consumer Health Advocate of the Year award. He is being ho ...
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The Lynchburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing has been organizing for alternatives to school suspension for some time and their hard work is helping to make change happen! Last night (January 10), comm ...
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The University of Richmond's Public Interest Law Review has published its first issue of 2019, which includes an article written by Virginia Organizing's Director Brian Johns, Rosemary Gould, and Chai ...
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With your help, we've done great work this year. There have been too many local campaigns to include them all in our top ten, but please see some highlights of the year below. Your donation can make e ...
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Please join me in supporting Virginia Organizing. Your year-end donation will help us work to stop the evictions and create affordable housing in the City of Fredericksburg and the surrounding countie ...
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I joined the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing two years ago because a friend of mine told me I could get help for my son there. He was suspended and threatened with expulsion from high school ...
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The long process of Virginia trying to add work requirements to Medicaid continues. The state has asked the federal government for permission to impose these conditions. Now we have a chance to influe ...
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