Vice Chairperson Fredericksburg Duane Edwards joined the Virginia Organizing State Governing Board after being an active member of the Fredericksburg Chapter for several years. He was drawn to Virgini ...
Read More »Community leaders established the Norfolk Chapter of Virginia Organizing in 2009. Originally covering all of South Hampton Roads, the chapter has won protections for residents of a mobile home park, p ...
Read More »
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 ...
Read More »
The Harrisonburg/Rockingham County Virginia Organizing Chapter has been working on immigration reform issues including opposing anti-immigrant policies in the Virginia General Assembly and at a federa ...
Read More »
Door-to-door canvassing. Agenda preparation. Planning meetings. On March 4, all of their hard work paid off. The immigrant rights workshop was a success! Jennifer and Angel Romero have only been invol ...
Read More »
Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided in 2012 to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but make Medicaid expansion in states optional, the Virginia General Assembly has been stalling and delaying cover ...
Read More »Researched and published by The Commonwealth Institute Virginians across the commonwealth would get access to quality, affordable health insurance if state lawmakers close the coverage gap by expandin ...
Read More »
Randi Carpoe first got involved with Virginia Organizing in August through a work study program for dislocated workers. Since then, Randi has been a faithful volunteer in the Charlottesville office — ...
Read More »RICHMOND, Va. — Widespread incarceration of African Americans during the drug war feeds the achievement gap in U.S. schools, according to a new report. The study from the Economic Policy Institute fou ...
Read More »
Full audio available from Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Despite repeated promises that the replacement for Obamacare would be better, groups digging into the official projections say they show t ...
Read More »
