South Hampton Roads and Staunton/Augusta/Waynesboro Chapters of Virginia Organizing Protest Cuts to Education and Health Care
What: Rallies to Protect Funding of Public Education and Health Care When: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. (Staunton) and 5:00 p.m. (Norfolk) Where: Outside Bob Goodlat ...
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Virginia Organizing Joins Statewide People’s Pipeline Protest in Abingdon
What: Letter Delivery for People's Pipeline Protest When: Thursday, September 14 at 12 p.m. Where: Abingdon Department of Environmental Quality Office, 355 Deadmore St. SE, Abin ...
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Virginia Organizing to Hold Candidates’ Forum for Charlottesville City Council
What: Candidates' Forum for Charlottesville City Council When: Thursday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Charlottesville City Council Chambers (City Hall, 605 East Main Street) C ...
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Virginia Organizing Calls on Congress to Reject Massive Cuts to Health Care
Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing joined hundreds of community groups around the country today in a national day of action to protect health care funding. Health Care for America ...
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Virginia Organizing to Join “DEFEND DACA/PROTECT TPS” Week of Action Against the Repeal of Immigration Programs
What: Public demonstration in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Immigration Programs. When: Wednesday, August 30 at 6 p ...
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Charlottesville Voter Registration Drive 2017
Click here to learn more about the Charlottesville Chapter's voter registration drive! The Charlottesville Chapter of Virginia Organizing has organized an ongoing voter registrati ...
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Trump’s Executive Order Will Make America Flood Again (and Again and Again)
Published by Union of Concerned Scientists. On August 15, Trump signed an executive order, repealing an Obama-era executive order that updated the Federal Flood Risk Management St ...
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NRV Chapter Calls on School Board to Fight Racism
On August 15, leaders and supporters from the New River Valley Chapter of Virginia Organizing attended the Montgomery County School Board's regular meeting to ask for a public sta ...
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Success with Augusta Health!
Three years ago this month Rita Wertman faced a terrifying crisis. Rita had been brought to the emergency room of Augusta Health Hospital for chest pain, but because she is deaf, ...
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Nagolia “Goldie” Wells: July/August Leader of the Month
Nagolia “Goldie” Wells was at the very first meeting of the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing—and she hasn’t stopped since! “Meghan, our organizer, came to one of my civic ...
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