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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 ...

General Assembly Visits – Going Strong!

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

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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Vote!

Vote!

From State Governing Board member, Ebony B. Guy: Your vote only counts if you go to the polls, or if you have voted absentee in time. All voting ends at 7 p.m. on Tuesda ...

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Dustin Robins: How Does Change Happen?

Dustin Robins: How Does Change Happen?

Back in 2015, I was still trying to get my life back together after being homeless and out of work for the last 3 years. Things had started to look up though. I had steady employm ...

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Harrisonburg Rally for Lower Drug Prices Now!

Harrisonburg Rally for Lower Drug Prices Now!

The Harrisonburg Chapter held a rally on Thursday, October 10, 2019 outside Rep. Ben Cline's office. Chapter members want Rep. Cline to vote for H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now A ...

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Hearne: Big Pharma puts a price on life

Hearne: Big Pharma puts a price on life

Originally published by The Roanoke Times.Joshua Hearne is a member of Virginia Organizing and the Spiritual Director of Grace and Main Fellowship in Danville For the last several ...

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Ready to vote?

Ready to vote?

Time to register to vote! If you turn 18 by November 5, you can vote in this year’s election. Register before October 15. Absentee voting begins September 20! To apply for an abse ...

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Beauty in Diversity

Beauty in Diversity

2019 Summer intern Vallen Ellis has published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times about the importance of cultural awareness. From the article: "Growing up as a biracial woman in the Ap ...

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Register for Grassroots Gathering: September 20-22!

Register for Grassroots Gathering: September 20-22!

Grassroots Gathering 2019 is coming soon. Register here today! ...

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Another Step Forward in the Lynchburg School Volunteer Campaign

Another Step Forward in the Lynchburg School Volunteer Campaign

On Tuesday, June 3, Virginia Organizing Lynchburg Chapter members Robert Flood and Solveig Kjeseth spoke at the Lynchburg School Board meeting about the restrictive policy that ke ...

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