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Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Check out this video to learn more about why accessibility in hospitals is so important! Video by Phil Dixon. https://youtu.be/LzNB_CQCMow   ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to Governor’s Proposed Budget

Virginia Organizing Responds to Governor’s Proposed Budget

Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter issued the following statement in response to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s 2016-2018 proposed budget: “Virginia Organizing is ple ...

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Your Federal Student Loans Just Got Easier to REPAYE

Your Federal Student Loans Just Got Easier to REPAYE

This article was published on Homeroom, the official blog of the Department of Education Beginning today, Federal Direct Loan borrowers can take advantage of a new repayment plan: REPAYE (the Revised ...

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Amherst County Board of Supervisors Repeals Discriminatory Ordinance

Amherst County Board of Supervisors Repeals Discriminatory Ordinance

Amherst, Va.—Virginia Organizing leaders in the emerging Lynchburg Chapter celebrated yesterday when the Amherst County Board of Supervisors voted to repeal an ordinance that could have been used to d ...

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Virginia Organizing Partners with Ten Thousand Villages for Shopping Event on Sunday

Virginia Organizing Partners with Ten Thousand Villages for Shopping Event on Sunday

What: Shopping day to benefit Virginia Organizing When: Sunday, December 13 from 1-5 p.m. Where: Ten Thousand Villages Charlottesville (105 West Main Street (Downtown Mall), Charlottesville, VA 22902) ...

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Danville Police Expand Citizen Complaint Program

Danville Police Expand Citizen Complaint Program

Originally posted on The Danville Register & Bee. Members of both the Danville Police Department and Virginia Organizing announced expansions in availability of citizen complaint forms and highlig ...

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Chief Broadfoot and Virginia Organizing Hold Media Conference to Highlight Citizen Complaint Procedure

Chief Broadfoot and Virginia Organizing Hold Media Conference to Highlight Citizen Complaint Procedure

What: Joint press conference to highlight the availability of the City of Danville Police Department citizen complaint forms When: Wednesday, December 9 at 11:30 a.m. Where: Green Street Police Precin ...

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End tax breaks for big corporations

End tax breaks for big corporations

Our friends at Americans for Tax Fairness recently sent out an email to let us know that Congress is negotiating a huge package of mostly corporate tax breaks that have expired—basically, Congress wan ...

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Local Virginia Organizing Chapter to Hold Health Care Forum in Martinsville

Local Virginia Organizing Chapter to Hold Health Care Forum in Martinsville

What: Health care forum to provide information on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace and Medicaid expansion When: Tuesday, December 8 at 6 p.m. Where: American National University (905 Memorial Blvd ...

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Virginia Groups Want Stronger Safeguards on Fracking

Virginia Groups Want Stronger Safeguards on Fracking

Originally published by WSLS. Environmental and public interest groups are urging officials to halt any new fracking efforts in Virginia until they complete a thorough review of the state’s standards. ...

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