Category: 20th Anniversary

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  • BIG Announcement from Barbara Kingsolver

    BIG Announcement from Barbara Kingsolver

    We have a BIG announcement:Barbara Kingsolver will be joined on stage on Friday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville by award-winning television and film ...

  • Our Top Ten of 2015

    Our Top Ten of 2015

    Virginia Organizing has done a lot in our 20th anniversary year and it was hard to narrow our list down to just 10—but we have! Check out our Top 10 of 2015 list below. Thank you f ...

  • 20 Years

    20 Years

    I want to take a minute to tell you a little about the last 20 years—but don’t worry, I will be brief! For 20 years, Virginia Organizing has been organizing to dismantle racism, se ...

  • Roots and Relationships: Reclaiming Community Organizing in the Obama Era

    Roots and Relationships: Reclaiming Community Organizing in the Obama Era

    This article was first published in the Fall 2015 edition of Social Policy and appears as the prologue in Building Power, Changing Lives: The Story of Virginia Organizing, availabl ...

Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 20th Anniversary at Ponshop

Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 20th Anniversary at Ponshop

What: Virginia Organizing 20th Anniversary Celebration and Benefit When: Friday, April 3 at 6 p.m. Where: Ponshop backyard (712 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401) Frederic ...

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Virginia Organizing to Receive City Proclamation Commemorating 20th Anniversary

Virginia Organizing to Receive City Proclamation Commemorating 20th Anniversary

What: City Proclamation Honoring Virginia Organizing’s 20th Anniversary When: Thursday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Staunton City Hall (116 W Beverly Street, Staunton, VA 24401) St ...

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Richmond: Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 5th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act

Richmond: Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 5th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act

What: Affordable Care Act 5th Anniversary Celebration When: Monday, March 23 at 5 p.m. Where: Federal Courthouse (701 E Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219) Richmond, Va.—The Richmon ...

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South Hampton Roads: Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 5th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act

South Hampton Roads: Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 5th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act

What: Affordable Care Act 5th Anniversary Celebration When: Monday, March 23 at noon Where: Corner of Constitution Drive and Bonney Road, Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, Va.—The So ...

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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 t ...

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Waynesboro: Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 5th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act

Waynesboro: Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 5th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act

What: Affordable Care Act 5th Anniversary Celebration When: Tuesday, March 24 at 3:30 p.m. Where: Downtown Waynesboro (421 W Main Street, Waynesboro, VA 22980) Waynesboro, Va.—The ...

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Virginia Organizing to Receive City Proclamation Commemorating 20th Anniversary

Virginia Organizing to Receive City Proclamation Commemorating 20th Anniversary

What: City Proclamation Honoring Virginia Organizing’s 20th Anniversary When: Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. Where: City Hall Council Chambers (603 East Main Street, Charlottesville, ...

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Virginia Organizing looks to revive Wythe, Bland Chapter

Virginia Organizing looks to revive Wythe, Bland Chapter

Originally posted by the Wytheville Enterprise on March 10, 2015. For the past 20 years, Virginia Organizing has addressed issues that affect the quality of life of Wythe and Blan ...

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Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 20th Anniversary and Town Council Proclamation Honoring Organization

Virginia Organizing to Celebrate 20th Anniversary and Town Council Proclamation Honoring Organization

What: Celebration of Virginia Organizing’s 20th Anniversary When: Monday, February 23 at 6 p.m. Where: Wytheville Presbyterian Church (285 Church Street, Wytheville, VA 24382) Wyt ...

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Senator Mark Warner Commemorates Virginia Organizing’s 20th Anniversary

Senator Mark Warner Commemorates Virginia Organizing’s 20th Anniversary

The following was published in the January 12, 2015 issue of the Congressional Record: COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIRGINIA ORGANIZINGMr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish t ...

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