Richmond Area Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Resource Guide
The Richmond Chapter of Virginia Organizing has compiled this bilingual (English/ Spanish) resource guide for our local community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Please share and co ...
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COVID-19 and Group Meetings of Virginia Organizing
Out of concern for the health of all of our members, we have decided that all chapter meetings will now be held by conference call or online meeting. If you have any questions abo ...
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Virginia Organizing’s 25th Anniversary!
From Denise Smith, Founding Board Member I am an 11th generation (on my mother’s side) Appalachian woman. My ex-husband, a former coal miner, was injured on the railroad and we lo ...
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Virginia Organizing Resiliency & Self-Care Newsletter Issue 2
Ronna Wertman, leader in the Staunton/Augusta County/Waynesboro Chapter has been developing a newsletter for organizers. Please see Issue 2 for great ideas about how to re-charge ...
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Lynchburg Schools, Be More Inclusive!
We're glad the Lynchburg News & Advance editorial board agrees. We want to see the city school board make these policy changes immediately. From the editorial: "With an incarc ...
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Lynchburg City Schools considering allowing volunteers with felony records
From the article on WFXR by Santiago Melli-Huber: "The Lynchburg City School Board is considering a change to its volunteer policy that would allow people with a felony on their r ...
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Lynchburg Campaigns Move Forward
Slow motion gay pride flag blowing in the wind. The Lynchburg Chapter has been working on two campaigns in the last year. They want the school board to create a process to allow p ...
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General Assembly Visits – Going Strong!
Several chapters have sent representatives to visit the General Assembly so far this session. Eastern Shore, Shenandoah Valley Chapters, Newport News, and Norfolk went earlier thi ...
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Our Goals for the 2020 General Assembly
From Del McWhorter, Chairperson: "Virginia Organizing members recognize that after every election we have to go to work to convince our delegates and senators to take action for j ...
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