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VA Women Would Benefit from $12 Minimum Wage

VA Women Would Benefit from $12 Minimum Wage

Listen to the audio version of this story at Public News Service.  RICHMOND, Va. - Momentum is building to raise the federal minimum wage, and a new analysis shows that working women in Virginia and o ...

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Agency that got its start in SWVa. celebrates two decades of success

Agency that got its start in SWVa. celebrates two decades of success

BY ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. — In 1994, a community organizer came across the border from Kentucky into Southwest Virginia and started talking to folks — about their ...

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Virginia Organizing 2014 Annual Report

Virginia Organizing 2014 Annual Report

Virginia Organizing is pleased to release our 2014 Annual Report! This report highlights a year of successful campaigns and hard work by our Chapters all across Virginia. Virginia Organizing believes ...

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More on the Magnificent Monarch

More on the Magnificent Monarch

First, it is important to note that without the help of the Monarch Butterfly, a key pollinator, our food production could be damaged beyond repair. Our efforts, then, to bolster the butterfly populat ...

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Virginia Organizing Meets for Annual Power Analysis

Virginia Organizing Meets for Annual Power Analysis

Virginia Organizing leaders, Board members, and staff met for a two-day power analysis of Virginia's political systems. We learned where we have power to take action and how we can take particular ste ...

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Jay Johnson Talks National Movements at Populism 2015

Jay Johnson Talks National Movements at Populism 2015

Virginia Organizing Treasurer Jay Johnson rallied the crowd at Populism 2015 in Washington, D.C. Jay's remarks were part of a Saturday plenary session featuring speakers across the country. "We need a ...

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The Magnificent Monarch

The Magnificent Monarch

The Monarch Butterfly—how magnificent! For such a small and almost weightless creature, the Monarch Butterfly has tremendous energy and endurance. Year after year, they travel about 1,000 miles from N ...

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Good-Government Groups Have Guarded Praise for Amended Ethics Bill

Good-Government Groups Have Guarded Praise for Amended Ethics Bill

For audio, please click here to see this story at Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. – After passing an ethics bill that drew criticism and amendments from the governor, the Virginia General Assembly h ...

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Charlottesville Office Installed Solar Panels!

Charlottesville Office Installed Solar Panels!

The solar panels are installed! Once the job is inspected, and the power company changes the meter, we will be producing our own power--with the help of the sun! We want to send out a special thank yo ...

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Kay Meyer: March/April 2015 Leader of the Month

Kay Meyer: March/April 2015 Leader of the Month

Kay Meyer has been a leader with Virginia Organizing for two years. In that time, she has shown a commitment to leadership development and working on the issues important to her local Chapter and comm ...

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