In Virginia, Most Full-Time Workers Do Not Earn Enough to Support a Family with Children
This week, the Virginia General Assembly money committees will meet to discuss the finances of the Commonwealth. As lawmakers make decisions about the financial health of Virginia ...
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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 ...
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Group sends a Medicaid message
BY PAMELA GOULD / THE FREE LANCE-STARJune 30, 2014Former Fredericksburg Mayor Lawrence Davies carried a poster-board sign as he joined about 80 people Sunday morning in a si ...
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Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid
June 29th, 2014, 12:47 pmFredericksburg.comAbout 80 people showed up in Fredericksburg this morning to march across the Falmouth Bridge to House Speaker Bill Howell’s office ...
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The Weight of History
Published by the Culpeper Star Exponent on June 4, 2014By Allison Brophy ChampionA grassroots group of local citizens gathered in the basement of a Latin American tienda Monday ni ...
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Virginia Organizing’s Fredericksburg Chapter Canvasses for Immigration Reform
Virginia Organizing leaders in Fredericksburg canvassed the area for supporters of immigration reform over the Memorial Day weekend. As a result, 26 community members voiced their ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Welcomes the Mobile Justice Tour to Fredericksburg for a Forum on Successful Reentry
For Immediate Release: March 12, 2014WHAT: On-site training and assistance for the restoration of rights process for former felons; information about the local “Ban-the-Box ...
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Spotsylvania Mural Under Scrutiny
Published March 9, 2014BY JEFF BRANSCOME / THE FREE LANCE–STARSpotsylvania County may expand a mural in its main government building in response to criticism of the piece ...
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BRAMLETTE: MR. HOWELL — WE WANT DETAILS, PLEASE, ON YOUR ‘ALTERNATIVE’
By KATHIE BRAMLETTEPublished in the Free Lance-StarWHILE I have never met William J. Howell, I would think he is of an age to remember when Medicare began [“Responsible alte ...
Read More »Constituents to Deliver Letters to U.S. Rep. Wittman’s Office in Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
For Immediate Release: December 5, 2013What: Letter Delivery for Immigration Reform When: Friday, December 6 at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 5 p.m. Wh ...
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