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Project To Gather Opinion On Immigrant Detention Program

Project To Gather Opinion On Immigrant Detention Program

Posted in the Daily New Record: January 31, 2012 By EMILY SHARRER   Nelly Moreno-Shenk gives instructions Saturday to volunteers training for the Rockingham County 287g Listening Project. Organiz ...

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Brown: An Afternoon With VP Biden on the SOTU

Brown: An Afternoon With VP Biden on the SOTU

“We can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, does their fair shave, and plays by the same sets of rules”—President ObamaAs a member of the State Governing Board of Vir ...

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VIDEO: Small Business Owner Charles Stanton Speaks out on Health Exchange

VIDEO: Small Business Owner Charles Stanton Speaks out on Health Exchange

As the new health care law goes into effect at the state level, small businesses are key stakeholders whose views should inform the implementation process. Small businesses are the engine of the Virgi ...

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Protect Our Vote Rally Tuesday, Jan. 31 @10:00a.m.

Protect Our Vote Rally Tuesday, Jan. 31 @10:00a.m.

The voter suppression bills presently being debated in the Virginia General Assembly threaten to turn back time.  Bill patrons claim that these measures are designed to combat voter fraud, b ...

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Dave Reading: January 2012 Leader of the Month

Dave Reading: January 2012 Leader of the Month

Dave is an invaluable volunteer in the Charlottesville office. After moving to Virginia two years ago, he looked around for an organization that shared his views and desire to bring communities togeth ...

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Ehrenthal: Voter Fraud & Bigfoot, They Make Exist, But are Hard to Find

Ehrenthal: Voter Fraud & Bigfoot, They Make Exist, But are Hard to Find

  The right to vote, in a democracy, is a basic right.  Under the United States Constitution that right in established by the 15th Amendment.   “No one can be denied the right to vote becaus ...

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Scher: Former RN on the Virginia Health Benefits Exchange

Scher: Former RN on the Virginia Health Benefits Exchange

On January 25, former Anthem nurse and member of the Virginia Organizing Health Care Committee testified in front of the special Senate Health Insurance Subcommitte. He spoke out on the need for a con ...

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Listening Project Aims to Hear Immigrants’ Concerns on 287G Law

Listening Project Aims to Hear Immigrants’ Concerns on 287G Law

 Virginia Organizing and Wayside Center Will Turn Listening Into Action By Gathering 300 Testimonies from Harrisonburg/Rockingham Area HARRISONBURG- On Saturday, January 28, from 9:00am-1:00 ...

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The Virginia General Assembly is Trying to Take Away Your Vote

The Virginia General Assembly is Trying to Take Away Your Vote

Our elected leaders in Richmond have some serious work to do over the next two months. Virginia is running a $1 billion budget deficit. Education and public safety funding is being diverted to fund tr ...

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Virginia Main Street Alliance Update  #25  January 23, 2012

Virginia Main Street Alliance Update #25 January 23, 2012

You can make a difference on health care reform in Virginia by sending a simple email to the state legislature.   It is easy and quick and can help.  The important debate is whethe ...

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