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Voter Education Town Hall in Richmond on Thursday

Voter Education Town Hall in Richmond on Thursday

ARE YOU PREPARED TO PROTECT YOUR VOTE?Virginia has a new Voter ID law. Do you know how changes in the law might affect you and impact elections in Novembe ...

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Marroni: Care for the Earth

Marroni: Care for the Earth

By Ed Marroni The decisions and choices we make have consequences that are important to consider. For example, take the 71 year uranium mining ban that our General Assembly will b ...

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Marroni: Meatless for the Environment?

Marroni: Meatless for the Environment?

By Ed Marroni Did you know stopping or reducing your consumption of meat and cheese would be an effective way to decrease your carbon dioxide footprint? The Environmental Working ...

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Harrisonburg Leaders on WMRA Virginia Insight

Harrisonburg Leaders on WMRA Virginia Insight

On August 2, two Harrisonburg chapter leaders, Andrea Jackson and Josh Diamond, and Virginia Organizing Executive Director, Joe Szakos, were featured on Virginia Insight.  Listen ...

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Marroni: When Life Gives You Lemons…

Marroni: When Life Gives You Lemons…

by Ed Marroni When life gives you lemons...REUSE them! You probably do not often include LEMONS on your grocery list. Perhaps you will now, after learning what tasks can be done w ...

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Danville Students Involved in Making Change!

Danville Students Involved in Making Change!

Last month, the Danville Chapter worked with a group of students to engage in the community dialogue regarding issues that are important to them. Students wrote letters to the edi ...

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Marroni: Calling All Coffee Drinkers! Don’t Throw Your Used Grounds Away!

Marroni: Calling All Coffee Drinkers! Don’t Throw Your Used Grounds Away!

  By: Ed Marroni What do you do with your spent coffee grounds? Tossing them into the trash is not a good idea because they break down like all organic foods and release meth ...

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Supporters cheer victory for health care in Danville

Supporters cheer victory for health care in Danville

Tiffany HollandJune 29, 2012http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2012/jun/29/supporters-cheer-victory-health-care-danville-ar-2023997/Drivers downtown during the Friday lunch hour rush ...

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Virginia Organizing Volunteer, Fernando Perez, Speaks Out About Supreme Court Immigration Ruling

Virginia Organizing Volunteer, Fernando Perez, Speaks Out About Supreme Court Immigration Ruling

Elizabeth Lamb Please click here to watch the video June 25, 2012 Some of Virginia's delegates said illegal immigration affects the entire country. Similar policies have been up f ...

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Tackling 287g: Group Seeks to Change Controversial Law

Tackling 287g: Group Seeks to Change Controversial Law

Doug Manners May 21, 2012 Representatives of Virginia Organizing are canvassing the Harrisonburg area on a “listening project” to gather input and stories from the Latino communit ...

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