Joe Szakos was the founding executive director of Virginia Organizing from 1994-2017 and then served as the Lynchburg organizer until the end of 2020. He is now retired. He was the founding coordinato ...
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Laura Ramirez began working at Virginia Organizing in 1998 and is responsible for the financial management of the organization; administration of benefits and insurance policies; developing, implement ...
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Brian Johns currently serves as the executive director of Virginia Organizing. He first came to Virginia Organizing as an intern in 2000 and then worked as a community organizer from 2001-2005. He spe ...
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Richmond Thomasine got involved with Virginia Organizing in 2006 during an organizing campaign on the issue of predatory lending. Having been caught in a car title loan cycle herself, Thomasine got in ...
Read More »Del McWhorter has volunteered with Virginia Organizing for over twenty years, including serving as chairperson for seven. She has worked on campaigns ranging from securing fair unemployment compensati ...
Read More »At-Large Executive Committee member Sandra Cook was raised in Hopewell, Virgina. Sandra is a retired social worker living in Petersburg. As a social worker, Sandra supervised the Independent Living C ...
Read More »Virginia's richest 1 percent pay 5.2% of their income in state and local taxes. Virginia's poorest 20 percent pay 8.8 % of their income in state and local taxes. Most of Virginia's middle ...
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Community Members Call on Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits, Extend Tax Cuts for the Middle Class and End Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Danville, VA – Close to twenty members of the loca ...
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