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Do it for Edna and Dorothy!

Do it for Edna and Dorothy!

Today, Virginia Organizing helped two women from Southwest Virginia share their personal stories about the lack of access to health care. Dorothy wrote a statement that was read (a family emergency pr ...

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Do it for Edna and Dorothy!

Do it for Edna and Dorothy!

Today, Virginia Organizing helped two women from Southwest Virginia share their personal stories about the lack of access to health care. Dorothy wrote a statement that was read (a family emergency pr ...

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Directly Affected Virginians Speak Out About Medicaid Expansion

Directly Affected Virginians Speak Out About Medicaid Expansion

For Immediate Release: September 16, 2014 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SET TO HOLD SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION, VIRGINIA ORGANIZING URGES LEGISLATORS TO CONSIDER EFFECT ON PEOPLERichmond, Va.—Two days before ...

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People Directly Affected by Lack of Medicaid Expansion to Share Stories Ahead of Special Legislative Session

People Directly Affected by Lack of Medicaid Expansion to Share Stories Ahead of Special Legislative Session

For Immediate Release: September 15, 2014What: Media conference on Medicaid expansion and Virginia General Assembly special session When: Tuesday, September 16 at 11 a.m. Where: ...

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Jan Reeves: September 2014 Leader of the Month

Jan Reeves: September 2014 Leader of the Month

Jan Reeves is a Virginia Organizing leader in her hometown of Abingdon, Virginia. She lived in northern Virginia for a time and when she moved back to the mountains about a year ago, she was appalled ...

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Denise Smith on Virginia Organizing

Denise Smith on Virginia Organizing

Virginia Organizing is a group I have volunteered with since its beginning. It is non-partisan, though it's accused of not being so by those that don't understand the organization. At the grassroots e ...

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Better Together

Better Together

Originally posted on The Half Sheet. Among the many hurdles that low-income Virginians face, two stand out: wages are stagnant, and they pay a higher share of their income on taxes than better of ...

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My Story

My Story

My name is Patricia Smith and I want to tell you a little bit about why I am active with Virginia Organizing. About two years ago, I was in charge of the social justice committee at my church and we w ...

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My Story

My Story

My name is Patricia Smith and I want to tell you a little bit about why I am active with Virginia Organizing. About two years ago, I was in charge of the social justice committee at my church and we w ...

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Virginia Organizing Holds Forum on Medicaid Expansion

Virginia Organizing Holds Forum on Medicaid Expansion

For Immediate Release: September 10, 2014What: Forum on Medicaid expansion When: Thursday, September 11 at 7 p.m. Where: Charlottesville City Council Chambers (605 E. Main Str ...

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