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Second chances

Second chances

Richmond City Council’s decision to “ban the box” has helped hundreds of people with criminal records gain a second chance at employment in city jobs during the past four years. Figures from the city’ ...

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Virginia Organizing to Screen ‘Love is Never Silent’ at Wayne Hills Deaf Fellowship

Virginia Organizing to Screen ‘Love is Never Silent’ at Wayne Hills Deaf Fellowship

What: Screening of Love is Never Silent to benefit Virginia Organizing When: Friday, September 30 (doors open at 5 p.m. and movie begins at 6 p.m.) Where: Wayne Hills Deaf Fellowship (877 Ladd Road, W ...

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I Stand for Environmental Justice

I Stand for Environmental Justice

On Monday, October 3, Virginia Organizing leaders will join protesters from other groups in Richmond to send a clear message to Governor Terry McAuliffe: we don't want your pipelines, we don't want co ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to Danville City Police Change in Practice

Virginia Organizing Responds to Danville City Police Change in Practice

Danville, Va.— Virginia Organizing celebrated an announcement from the Danville Police Department that they will no longer open the hoods of patrol vehicles after local Virginia Organizing leaders and ...

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Report: Planet Already Hitting Carbon-Pollution Limits

Report: Planet Already Hitting Carbon-Pollution Limits

Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. -- Fossil fuel reserves in existing mines and oil fields are enough to exceed the world's entire remaining carbon budget and raise global temperatures ab ...

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Spotsylvania residents speak out against ‘school-to-prison pipeline’

Spotsylvania residents speak out against ‘school-to-prison pipeline’

Published in the Free Lance-Star As a black man, Spotsylvania resident Cliff Vaughn said there are times he feels unwelcome in the community, citing Confederate flags and other examples and experience ...

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Virginia Organizing Statement on Nexus

Virginia Organizing Statement on Nexus

Richmond, Va. — Virginia Organizing Chairperson Del McWhorter issued the following statement today: "Over the past few months there have been several independent investigations and news articles about ...

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Trish Philon: September 2016 Leader of the Month

Trish Philon: September 2016 Leader of the Month

Trish Philon has been a member of the Harrisonburg Chapter for many years and is particularly interested in criminal justice issues in her community. Recently, her Chapter developed a community-police ...

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Virginia Organizing Grassroots Gathering 2016

Virginia Organizing Grassroots Gathering 2016

Virginians from Harrisonburg to Southwest Virginia to South Hampton Roads and everywhere in between gathered September 16-18 at Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Center to celebrate accomplishments, learn new s ...

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Poll: Virginia Voters Oppose Governor McAuliffe on Fracked-Gas Pipelines, Coal Ash Disposal

Poll: Virginia Voters Oppose Governor McAuliffe on Fracked-Gas Pipelines, Coal Ash Disposal

Contact: Kelly Trout, 240-396-2022, kelly@chesapeakeclimate.org Mike Tidwell, 240-460-5838, mtidwell@chesapeakeclimate.org Citizens announce a three-day picket outside of Governor McAuliffe’s Richmond ...

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