VIDEO: Spotsy Residents Call on GA to “Bake a Bigger Pie”
On March 24, the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors held a public hearing to learn about the budget priorities of area residents. Virginia Organizing and partner groups in the area ...
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Charlottesville Health Care Law Forum Tuesday, April 5
Charlottesville Health Care Forum: Come learn how the new health care law impacts YOU!Raise your hand if you’ve heard someone complain about the health care reform law ...
Read More »Education Reform in Fredericksburg
Education reform continues to be the topic of many national policy conversations. Virginia Organizing's Fredericksburg members interested in the issue have been thinking about edu ...
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We Won! Victory on Fredericksburg CSX Campaign
We won. We don’t get to write those two simple words often enough at Virginia Organizing, but part of working on tough issues means that the struggle can take a while. That ...
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House Vote on Car Title Lending: Money Wins Out Over Common Sense
Yesterday the House voted in favor of SB 1367 which would allow out of state drivers to take out a title loan in Virginia. The bill expands predatory lending and rolls back much o ...
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Danville Virginia Organizing Speaks Out for Immigrants’ Rights at DCC
Danville, VA- Danville residents held a campus tabling event collecting dozens of hand written postcards for immigrant rights on Tuesday at Danville Community College. The Danvill ...
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Edd Houck is playing hardball with CSX; it’s about time
The following editorial was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star on February 9, 2011.IT'S been over a year now since Mayfield residents acquired some disturbing new ...
Read More »VIDEOS: UVA Virginia Organizing Chapter Lobbies at General Assembly
Although Charlottesville is not that far from Richmond, it can sometimes feel like it is miles away. While the Jefferson-designed buildings of the UVA campus strongly resemble his ...
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Barker: Reaching out to our Congressman
The follow letter to the editor was published in the Danvile Register and Bee on February 7, 2011.I write today to inform you and your readership about an awesome, smallscale even ...
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S. Hampton Roads Virginia Organizing Lobbies Legislators for Immigrant Rights
A delegation of Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake residents visited Richmond on Thursday for a day of lobbying their legislators for immigrants rights. The South Hampton Road ...
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