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Grassroots Gathering 2018! Registration Now Open, New Workshops!

Grassroots Gathering 2018! Registration Now Open, New Workshops!

Register here for the Grassroots Gathering 2018. We have a special guest with us Friday evening and Saturday morning: Heather Booth, the founder of Midwest Academy. New workshops ...

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Medicaid Expansion Celebrations!

Medicaid Expansion Celebrations!

We held nine celebrations around the Commonwealth after the General Assembly voted to expand Medicaid in their special budget session this spring. We also plan to spread the word ...

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Virginia Will Expand Medicaid at Last! (Message from Chairperson Del McWhorter)

Virginia Will Expand Medicaid at Last! (Message from Chairperson Del McWhorter)

On May 30, Virginia expanded Medicaid! Virginia Organizing members have worked to bring affordable health care to all Virginians for more than 10 years. Let’s celebrate this victo ...

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We need to have Medicaid expansion in Virginia!

We need to have Medicaid expansion in Virginia!

Virginia Organizing supporter and volunteer, Dave Redding has some good questions for our senators: We need to have Medicaid expansion in Virginia! One repeated argument in opposi ...

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Join us in Richmond on May 29 for Medicaid Expansion Rally

Join us in Richmond on May 29 for Medicaid Expansion Rally

(Image: Eunice Haigler, Virginia Organizing leader from Fredericksburg at a May 22 Medicaid Expansion rally in Richmond.) The General Assembly is on the verge of passing Medicaid ...

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Washington Post features Virginia Organizing Leader, Terry White

Washington Post features Virginia Organizing Leader, Terry White

Terry White, known to his friends as "Bean," tells his story about needing affordable health care in this Washington Post piece by Laura Vozzella. Thank you for speaking out, Bean ...

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Expand Medicaid to Help Treat Opioid Addiction

Expand Medicaid to Help Treat Opioid Addiction

Virginia Organizing supporter Eric Blevins in Marion, Virginia writes in the Richmond Times Dispatch about his journey to recovery from a substance use disorder. He argues that Me ...

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Regional Grassroots Gathering in Portsmouth

Regional Grassroots Gathering in Portsmouth

The Portsmouth Chapter hosted a regional Grassroots Gathering, with 50 members attending, including leaders from Eastern Shore, Fredericksburg, and South Hampton Roads. We held sk ...

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Virginia Organizing’s Chapters Stand Up for Immigrant Rights

Virginia Organizing’s Chapters Stand Up for Immigrant Rights

All of our chapters are working this month on immigration reform. We want to see Congress pass a clean Dream Act to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival ...

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Stop S. 2155–No More Help for Predatory Lenders!

Stop S. 2155–No More Help for Predatory Lenders!

From our friends at @StopTheDebtTrap: With all the news to worry about these days, Virginia voters might not have noticed our two U.S. Senators getting behind a major new bank giv ...

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