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  • Preston Graves | New River Valley Organizer

    Preston Graves | New River Valley Organizer

    Preston joined Virginia Organizing as the New River Valley organizer in September 2025. He is a native of Southwest Virginia, growing up and living in Christiansburg. He has extens ...

  • Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Janice "Jay" Johnson - Newport News/Hampton Chapter Jay Johnson has been a torchbearer of Virginia Organizing for 30 years. She was a founding member of the State Governing Board, ...

  • New River Valley Field Day Fundraiser

    New River Valley Field Day Fundraiser

    New River Valley Field Day FundraiserSaturday, October 11, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.Eastern Montgomery Park5003 Enterprise Dr., Elliston, VA 24087 Virginia Organizing New River Valley invit ...

  • Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – September 2025

    Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – September 2025

    Keep calm and cider on with your Peninsula Chapter this fall!  May you and your family be well as the fall season begins. Carve out some time with your Peninsula Chapter! This ...

Virginia Organizing to Hold Health Care Forum on Expansion of Medicaid

Virginia Organizing to Hold Health Care Forum on Expansion of Medicaid

What: Community health care forum When: Wednesday, March 20 at 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Where: Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Department of Social Services (110 N Mason St. Harrisonbur ...

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Susie Joiner and the Lynchburg School Board Action

Susie Joiner and the Lynchburg School Board Action

WSET-TV covered Susie Joiner's comments on behalf of Virginia Organizing at the Lynchburg School Board meeting last week. Susie said, "We need to pull back the covers on this raci ...

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Virginia Organizing Thanks UVA and President Jim Ryan for Wage Increases

Virginia Organizing Thanks UVA and President Jim Ryan for Wage Increases

Charlottesville, Va. — On March 7, 2019, the University of Virginia announced that it would start paying full-time employees a living wage of $15/hour starting January 1, 2020. Vi ...

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UVA Announces Expansion of Living Wage for Full-time Employees!

UVA Announces Expansion of Living Wage for Full-time Employees!

On March 7, UVA Today announced that the University would begin on January 1, 2020 to pay all full-time employees a living wage of $15/hour. From the article: “As a University, we ...

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Virginia Organizing partners with NAACP to host an Education Justice Forum

Virginia Organizing partners with NAACP to host an Education Justice Forum

Christiansburg, Va. — The New River Valley Chapter of Virginia Organizing and the Montgomery County - Radford City - Floyd County Branch of the NAACP hosted an Education Justice F ...

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Virginia Organizing community leaders from Lynchburg, Hampton, and Newport News were in Richmond on February 7, 2019 to talk to legislators!

Virginia Organizing community leaders from Lynchburg, Hampton, and Newport News were in Richmond on February 7, 2019 to talk to legislators!

Leaders of the Lynchburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing met with state Senator Steve Newman in Richmond today. They discussed problems with school suspensions. Delegate Lamont Bag ...

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Call to action after Virginia Organizing and other groups make presentations to Lynchburg School Board meeting on February 5

Call to action after Virginia Organizing and other groups make presentations to Lynchburg School Board meeting on February 5

At the Lynchburg School Board on February 5, Virginia Organizing and other groups presented comments about the high rate of school suspensions and the policies that restrict forme ...

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Time for UVA to Pay a Living Wage!

Time for UVA to Pay a Living Wage!

Virginia Organizing Board member Lily Hungarland recently wrote this letter to the Cavalier Daily about the poverty wages workers are paid at the University of Virginia. The lette ...

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Leader Tyran Green Briefs Congressional Staff on Underfunding of IDEA

Leader Tyran Green Briefs Congressional Staff on Underfunding of IDEA

The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools hosted a briefing for U.S. House staffers on January 25, 2019, focused on their report, Confronting the Education Debt.  The briefing highlight ...

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LaVerne Jackson – January/February 2019 Leader of the Month

LaVerne Jackson – January/February 2019 Leader of the Month

  Originally from Ohio, LaVerne Jackson moved to Virginia because of her husband’s military assignment here. She raised her children and worked as a nurse in pediatric health ...

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