I started trying to get my daughter the help she needed when she was still in elementary school. She didn’t pass the SOLs, even after we hired a tutor for her. I initiated a child study from her schoo ...
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(Pictured: Leaders from our Martinsville and Danville Chapters met with State Senator Bill Stanley in December to discuss upcoming legislation in the Virginia General Assembly.) Many thanks to Stephen ...
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Today is a National Call-in Day for supporters of DACA protection for immigrant youth. Nearly 15,000 DACA holders have lost their status already. 122 young Americans lose their DACA status every day. ...
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(Pictured: The Harrisonburg Chapter's March to defend DACA and TPS in December, 2017) From the article in the Washington Post: "The Trump administration has canceled the provisional residency permits ...
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We want to share with you the great news that Brian Johns officially became the Executive Director of Virginia Organizing effective January 1, 2018. Brian has been with us for a long time! He started ...
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When my daughter’s 6th grade teacher called to tell me she had been caught looking at a cell phone in class, she had already given her an in-school suspension. The teacher said her behavior had been a ...
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The Assistant Principal of my son’s school called to tell me and my husband that our son had received a three-day out-of-school suspension for fighting. They told me he had started the fight. At first ...
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If you are a donor to Virginia Organizing, you helped make all of this happen. If you want to support our work, please donate here. Thank you! Virginia Organizing members attended a bill signing in Ri ...
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Our own Director of Organizing, Brian Johns, discusses the benefits of talking with friends and family about subjects like racism at Thanksgiving with Amanda Hendler-Voss, author of the website, "Soul ...
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, when we honor the lives of those who have been killed in violence against transgender people. We also ask you to take action to protect the rights of trans men and w ...
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