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  • Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    On May 12, our Halifax/South Boston Chapter held a Day Without Child Care event that recognized the importance of child care and early childhood education for parents, providers, a ...

  • Albemarle/Charlottesville Chapter Update – May 2025

    Albemarle/Charlottesville Chapter Update – May 2025

    It’s been a while since our Chapter posted an online update, but we’ve been busy since our last update! Since October, we’ve met regularly every month, bringing us to our 8th chapt ...

  • Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    Over the past month, our Halifax/South Boston Chapter has been actively working with local kids and community members to address safety concerns in their neighborhoods—especially t ...

  • Leader of the Month – April 2025

    Leader of the Month – April 2025

    Terry "Bean" White - Norfolk Chapter Bean has been a member of the Norfolk Chapter for close to a decade, and has been a valuable participant in our local and statewide work. He fi ...

Like not breathing in lead? Thank the EPA.

Like not breathing in lead? Thank the EPA.

From presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to  Rep. Cantor, conservative politicians want to gut the protections that keep our families healthy and hold reckless companies account ...

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“It’s not me, it’s you.” Breaking up with the big banks.

“It’s not me, it’s you.” Breaking up with the big banks.

Wall Street and the big banks crashed our economy, destroyed jobs, caused millions to lose their homes, bankrupted city and state budgets and refused to pay their fair share of wh ...

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JOIN US! Friday @ 1:30pm, Virginia Organizing Calls on Charlottesville to Divest from the Big Banks

JOIN US! Friday @ 1:30pm, Virginia Organizing Calls on Charlottesville to Divest from the Big Banks

 Beginning With Wells Fargo on Friday, Residents to Close Accounts in Protest of Bailouts, Illegal Foreclosures and Corporate Money in PoliticsCHARLOTTESVILLE- Inspired by th ...

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Dr. Lillis Freelance Star Op-ed: The Affordable Care Act Fixing our Broken System

Dr. Lillis Freelance Star Op-ed: The Affordable Care Act Fixing our Broken System

Dr. Chris Lillis has been a stalwart Virginia Organizing supporter and has been an active member of our Health Care Reform Committee. Dr. Lillis is a family physican in Fredericks ...

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VIDEO: Wendell Potter in VA Beach, “Health care law already saving the lives of millions”

VIDEO: Wendell Potter in VA Beach, “Health care law already saving the lives of millions”

Virginia Organizing, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and Empower Hampton Roads were prompted to hold the "Real Dialogue on Health Care" forum because they feel that m ...

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It’s the Social Security Showdown in Frederickburg!

It’s the Social Security Showdown in Frederickburg!

It's a shame! Several Presidential candidates don't know the difference between a criminal stealing billions from investors and a wildly popular program that keeps million ...

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Ehrenthal: L’est we forget: TARP, Tarbell and Triangle

Ehrenthal: L’est we forget: TARP, Tarbell and Triangle

Today is the three-year anniversary of TARP, the $700 billion bank bailout passed at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. Even though no one actually liked TARP, including ...

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VIDEO: Cuccinelli’s Compassion @UMW. On Uninsured Going Without Care, “Human Beings Will Adjust”

VIDEO: Cuccinelli’s Compassion @UMW. On Uninsured Going Without Care, “Human Beings Will Adjust”

Attorney General Cuccineli speaks at UMW on 9/17 where he claimed that less government involvement would allow the free market to provide more competitive health insurance rates. ...

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VIDEO: Anger Management? Cuccinelli at UMW, Gives “The Hand” and Shouts at Woman in Crowd

VIDEO: Anger Management? Cuccinelli at UMW, Gives “The Hand” and Shouts at Woman in Crowd

 Scroll to the end of the clip (2:10) where Attorney General Cuccinelli gives "the hand" and yells at a woman in the crowd. On Saturday afternoon September 17, at t ...

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VIDEO:Cuccinelli at UMW, Carbon Dioxide & Discrimination=Good, Women’s Right to Choose=Bad

VIDEO:Cuccinelli at UMW, Carbon Dioxide & Discrimination=Good, Women’s Right to Choose=Bad

 Attorney General Cuccinelli lost his cool during a question-and-answer period at a UMW forum on 9/17/11. Mr. Cuccinelli seemed noticeably flustered by the students and appea ...

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