School Policing Snapshot
by Dr. Ruth Osorio, Ph.D. of the Norfolk Chapter To download a PDF of the full article (including Norfolk-specific information) click here. For the general Virginia version, click ...
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Critical Protections Passed Protecting Workers Against COVID-19
Emergency temporary standards mandate common-sense protections for Virginians in the workplace Richmond, VA— Today, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board acted to protect the ...
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Lynchburg Chapter calls for SROs to be removed from city schools
On July 7, Pastor Reason Chandler and other leaders in the Lynchburg Chapter submitted comments to the Lynchburg School Board to ask that the schools eliminate the position of sch ...
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Relief for All Virginians: Sign On Letter to Members of Congress
More than 140 current and former public officials from every region of Virginia have signed this letter to our Congressional delegation. Dear Members of the Virginia Congressional ...
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Lynchburg Wins its School Volunteer and Non-Discrimination Campaigns!
Since November 2018, the Lynchburg Chapter has been attending the Lynchburg City School Board meetings every month in order to urge them to change their restrictive volunteer poli ...
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Richmond Area Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Resource Guide
The Richmond Chapter of Virginia Organizing has compiled this bilingual (English/ Spanish) resource guide for our local community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Please share and co ...
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Richmond Area
The new Richmond Chapter of Virginia Organizing won their campaign for equity in local schools. We worked with parents, students, and teachers to create a "Parents/ Caregiv ...
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Virginia Organizing’s 25th Anniversary!
From Denise Smith, Founding Board Member I am an 11th generation (on my mother’s side) Appalachian woman. My ex-husband, a former coal miner, was injured on the railroad and we lo ...
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Lynchburg Schools, Be More Inclusive!
We're glad the Lynchburg News & Advance editorial board agrees. We want to see the city school board make these policy changes immediately. From the editorial: "With an incarc ...
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Dave Rogers | January/February 2020 Leader of the Month
Dave Rogers first came to Charlottesville when he was an undergraduate at UVA in 1965. After graduation, he moved to the Tidewater area to become a teacher, but he missed Charlott ...
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