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Featured Partner – Lending Hands

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

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

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?

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

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

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!

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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Lobby Day – Un día de cabildeo virtual estatal

Lobby Day – Un día de cabildeo virtual estatal

Abajo encontrará la traducción a español.(Find a Spanish translation below.)On Wednesday, February 10 at 9 a.m., Virginia Organizing will hold a virtual statewide lobby day. We ar ...

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General Assembly 2021 – English and Español

General Assembly 2021 – English and Español

(en español abajo) Legislative Priorities Criminal Justice SJ 272 (Locke): Support the “Right to Vote” constitutional amendment that would end felon disenfranchisement and guarant ...

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Declaración de Derechos de Estudiantes, Padres y Tutores

Declaración de Derechos de Estudiantes, Padres y Tutores

Read in English here. Para descargar un pdf haga clic aquí. Todos los niños tienen el derecho a una educación pública adecuada y gratuita. Todos los estudiantes deberían tener tod ...

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