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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Secretary Thomasson to Join Local Groups for Restoration Celebration and Information Session
What: Restoration of Civil Rights Celebration and Information Session for Returning Citizens When: Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m. Where: Calvary Baptist Church (218 Holbrook Street, ...
Read More »Stand Against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Usually, people will not get too involved with matters that do not directly impact their lives. An example I have seen recently is the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This pipeline will ...
Read More »#StopTheDebtTrap
On June 2, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed new rules aimed at reducing the harmful effects of predatory lending debt traps like payday and car title loans ...
Read More »Emerging Chapters Organize for Change
Virginia Organizing has several emerging Chapters across the state. If you live in Roanoke, the New River Valley, Lynchburg, Eastern Shore, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, or Suffolk and ...
Read More »Editorial: Kicking out students perpetuates problem
Published by The Free Lance-Star When a child acts out in school, it’s a problem for everyone involved—fellow students, teachers, administrators and the child’s parents. But it ma ...
Read More »Praise for Federal Payday-Lending Regulations in Virginia
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. --- New national limits proposed for payday and car-title lending are winning praise from lower-income Virginians and their advocate ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing and Virginia Poverty Law Center Release Virginia Lending Report and Discuss New CFPB Rules for Predatory Lending
Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing and Virginia Poverty Law Center, organizations that have been working to stop predatory lending practices in Virginia for many years, released a ...
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