Advisory: 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 will join environmental and social justice groups ...
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McWhorter: Renewables would bring more jobs
Published in The Roanoke Times on August 3, 2016 Re: "Marching on Richmond," July 19 editorial: In that piece, you asked those in support of environmental justice to think about h ...
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Roger Chesley: Justices’ smackdown of McAuliffe’s attempts to restore felons’ voting rights isn’t final word
Published by the Virginian-Pilot. I hesitated to call Patricia Skinner on Monday. I didn’t want to further muddle a confusing situation. Skinner, a former felon-turned-health car ...
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Odessa Hudson: July 2016 Leader of the Month
Odessa Hudson is passionate about voting. For years, Odessa had her civil rights stripped away because she has a felony conviction on her record. She read about another returning ...
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Celebrate What McAuliffe Has Done
Published by Danville Register & Bee I have noticed a series of articles critical to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order that restored voting rights to returning citizens w ...
Read More »After Danville event, ex-offender voting applications rise
Published by Danville Register & Bee. Dozens of ex-offenders have applied to register to vote in Danville since a recent rights restoration event attended by Secretary of the ...
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PONSHOP Hosts Latin Dance Night to Benefit Virginia Organizing
What: Latin Dance Night to benefit Virginia Organizing When: Saturday, July 9, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Where: PONSHOP Studio and Gallery (712 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401) ...
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Virginia Organizing Celebrates Henry County Decision to “Ban the Box”
Henry County, Va.—Virginia Organizing applauds Henry County’s decision to remove questions regarding criminal history from county job applications following a request from the Mar ...
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Secretary Thomasson and Local Groups Celebrate Restoration of Rights
Danville, Va.— More than 65 grassroots leaders and community members joined Virginia Organizing, Southwest CARES, and Secretary of the Commonwealth Kelly Thomasson on Wednesday ev ...
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Virginia Organizing Applauds Martinsville City Council Resolution on Redistricting
Martinsville, Va.—Virginia Organizing applauds Martinsville City Council’s resolution in support of statewide redistricting reform passed on Tuesday evening. Virginia Organizing M ...
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