Grassroots Gathering 2021 Sponsors
Thank you to all of our sponsors for your support! Organizing for Justice - $1000 Health Care for American Now JZ Engineering of Harrisonburg Legal Aid Justice Center Making a Dif ...
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ReflectUS
We have partnered with the national women’s representation coalition, ReflectUS, to increase the number of women in political leadership roles. ReflectUS has two great opportuniti ...
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Featured Community Partner – Little Bluestem
A Visit to Little Bluestem by Eric Olson-Getty, Director of Programs Our day started with a pinch of dried tobacco sprinkled gently on the forest floor. I had never done anything ...
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Featured Partner – Lending Hands
This is the first in a monthly series of profiles featuring our partners in the Joint Plan of Work program. The Joint Plans of Work may be a lesser known aspect of Virginia Organi ...
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Statement against MRRJ expansion
We, the undersigning organizations, call on the Cities of Harrisonburg and Waynesboro to revise the $14.5 million renovation plan approved at the Middle River Regional Jail (MRRJ) ...
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Beach Week Raffle 2021
The beach week raffle is closed. Thanks to everyone who participated! ...
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Did you get your unemployment yet?
Virginia's unemployment system is the slowest in the United States. Unemployment insurance is supposed to be emergency aid. If there’s an issue with someone’s claim, it ...
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Environmental Justice in the News
Executive Director Brian Johns recently published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times about the difficulty of getting environmental justice legislation passed in the General Assembly. B ...
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Environmental Justice Town Hall with U.S. Rep. Don McEachin
On March 25, Virginia Organizing leaders and partners from other environmental justice organizations discussed proposed legislation in Congress and issues their communities face. ...
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Transit Win in the New River Valley!
Dustin represented Virginia Organizing in D.C. in 2018. At the beginning of 2021, members of the New River Valley Chapter convinced Blacksburg Transit to bring back bus service ne ...
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