Groups Meet to Discuss Economic Future of Washington County and Abingdon
Published by the Bristol Herald Courier ABINGDON, Va. — Several local citizens groups gathered Monday night for the first of four meeting to discuss the economic future of Washing ...
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Virginia Organizing Leaders Speak Out About School Suspensions in Spotsylvania
Spotsylvania, Va.— Virginia Organizing leaders attended the September 12, 2016 Spotsylvania School Board meeting to speak out about the disproportionate number of suspensions for ...
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Washington County Chapter of Virginia Organizing and Other Local Groups Organize Economic Discussion Series
What: Economic Development Discussion Series When: Monday, September 12 at 6 p.m. Where: EB Stanley Middle School, Cafeteria (297 Stanley Street, Abingdon, VA 24210) Abingdon, Va. ...
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Good News and Bad News
We’ve got some good and bad news. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has extended the comment period to October 7, 2016 for the proposed rules aimed at reducing the h ...
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Virginia Organizing Chapter Leaders Will Speak at Portsmouth School Board Meeting on School-to-Prison Pipeline
What: Portsmouth School Board meeting When: Thursday, September 8 at 7 p.m. Where: Portsmouth City Hall, 6th Floor (801 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704) Portsmouth, Va.—Lead ...
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Care for our Earth: Pressure from Dominion = Contaminated Water
Regional residents are currently faced with the issue of the coal ash disposal in Chesapeake. Coal ash is what is left after coal is burned in coal-powered plants. In previous dec ...
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Opinion/Letter: Ashamed of opposition to voting rights
Letter to the Editor Published in The Daily Progress On April 22, my opinion of Virginia vastly improved with the governor's executive order that allowed more than 200,000 former ...
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Sea Rise Threat to Norfolk, Atlantic and Gulf Military Bases
Published by Public News Service Climate change represents a serious problem for U.S. coastal military bases - especially in and around Norfolk, according to a recent study. The r ...
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Lily Hungarland: August 2016 Leader of the Month
Lily Hungarland began her journey with Virginia Organizing in high school. She recently graduated and started at UVA this month. "I started learning about social justice issues an ...
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Release: Locals, Environmental Groups Raise Concerns Over State Fracking Standards
State protections questioned as industry-funded review gets underway ABINGDON, Virginia – Local residents and community activists joined environmental and social justice groups to ...
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