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  • Featured Community Partner | Cville ID Team

    Featured Community Partner | Cville ID Team

    To be without an ID in the United States is to be illegible to the state, which can mean tumbling into a netherworld of nonexistence, locked out of basic services like jobs, housin ...

  • 30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    We are excited about what’s in store for our 30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering in September! So, all throughout the summer we will be sharing information about what to expect, ...

  • Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – June 2025

    Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – June 2025

    Have a sun-sational summer with your Peninsula chapter and join us for our upcoming events in Newport News and Hampton! We're moving the needle on local issues like housing, educat ...

  • Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Dreame Boyd - Richmond Chapter Dreame is an active and contributing member to the Richmond Chapter and the statewide Housing Strategy Committee. She has participated in several wor ...

Keynote Speaker Saturday: Narissa Rahaman

Keynote Speaker Saturday: Narissa Rahaman

Meet Narissa Rahaman, Executive Director of Equality Virginia at the final Grassroots Gathering mass meeting this Saturday, October 8 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Narissa's commitment to ...

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Preserve Giles County | Featured Community Partner

Preserve Giles County | Featured Community Partner

“You can just take pictures for posterity.” That was the answer the citizens of the village of Newport, VA got when they asked how they were supposed to preserve the history of th ...

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Action alert! Protect Pine Grove from a Landfill

Action alert! Protect Pine Grove from a Landfill

Dear Pine Grove Community Members, Partners, and Allies,  Please make a public comment on behalf of the historic Black Pine Grove Community in rural Cumberland County, Virgin ...

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Thank you to Grassroots Gathering Sponsors!

Thank you to Grassroots Gathering Sponsors!

Check out their ads and celebrations of Virginia Organizing's work here. National and State Partners Virginia AFL-CIO Health Care for America Now Community Change Clean Virginia A ...

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Featured Community Partner | Charlottesville Tool Library

Featured Community Partner | Charlottesville Tool Library

Have you ever dreamed up a repair or improvement project for your home or yard and then realized you’re missing tools you need to get it done? Maybe these are not tools that you w ...

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Register for Grassroots Gathering 2022 (online and open for all!)

Register for Grassroots Gathering 2022 (online and open for all!)

Register for the 2022 Grassroots Gathering, which will be held online again this year: tinyurl.com/GrassrootsGathering2022 The opening meeting will be Saturday, September 10 from ...

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Climate Justice and the MVP: Why Should You Care

Climate Justice and the MVP: Why Should You Care

Climate Justice and the MVP: Why Should You Care? At Virginia Organizing, we are celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. It lowers medicine costs for seniors, make ...

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Grassroots Gathering Talent Show!

Grassroots Gathering Talent Show!

We are excited for another year of witnessing the talent and creativity of our members with this year's virtual talent show. The event will be held Friday, September 9th, 2022 at ...

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Ways to help flood victims in Kentucky and Southwest Virginia

Ways to help flood victims in Kentucky and Southwest Virginia

I live in Wise County. My family and my home are ok, but many of my neighbors have been hit by the flooding, and folks in Eastern Kentucky have been hit even harder. Small, local ...

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Black Women and Health Care in Virginia

Black Women and Health Care in Virginia

Photo credit: Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/TNS Barbara Jefferson Harris, a leader in the Norfolk Chapter and Virginia Organizing's State Governing Board treasurer, courageo ...

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