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  • 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 ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    This month, we are highlighting the Preserve Giles County as our Featured Partner. This article is a repost from September 2022. Preserve Giles County is currently involved with op ...

Progress for School Fairness in Lynchburg

Progress for School Fairness in Lynchburg

The Lynchburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing has been organizing for alternatives to school suspension for some time and their hard work is helping to make change happen! Last nig ...

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Top Ten of 2018!

Top Ten of 2018!

With your help, we've done great work this year. There have been too many local campaigns to include them all in our top ten, but please see some highlights of the year below. You ...

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A new world for all of us!

A new world for all of us!

Please join me in supporting Virginia Organizing. Your year-end donation will help us work to stop the evictions and create affordable housing in the City of Fredericksburg and th ...

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The School-to-Prison Pipeline and Virginia Organizing

The School-to-Prison Pipeline and Virginia Organizing

I joined the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing two years ago because a friend of mine told me I could get help for my son there. He was suspended and threatened with expul ...

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Take action against Medicaid work requirements!

Take action against Medicaid work requirements!

The long process of Virginia trying to add work requirements to Medicaid continues. The state has asked the federal government for permission to impose these conditions. Now we ha ...

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Harrisonburg Community – Law Enforcement Relations Report November 2018

Harrisonburg Community – Law Enforcement Relations Report November 2018

The Harrisonburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing partnered with Better Together/Mejores Juntos and Southerners on New Ground (SONG) in the development of a survey in order to inves ...

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Sign up Now for Health Care!

Sign up Now for Health Care!

Enrollment is open for the new expanded health care coverage for adults in Virginia at CoverVA.org. Virginia's New Health Coverage for Adults More adults in Virginia now have acce ...

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Comment on New Public Charge Rule

Comment on New Public Charge Rule

Thanks for your work on this issue. The comment period is now closed. Virginia Organizing’s Comment Virginia Organizing strongly urges the Dept. of Homeland Security to desist fro ...

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Dr. Jay Brock’s Speech about Congress’s Proposed Tax and Spending Cuts

Dr. Jay Brock’s Speech about Congress’s Proposed Tax and Spending Cuts

(Editor's note: Dr. Brock delivered this speech at Virginia Organizing's media conference in Fredericksburg, where leaders asked Representative Rob Wittman to vote against more ta ...

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Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA

Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA

Please share this flyer with friends all over Virginia! Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA.   From the flyer: Tell UVA President Jim Ryan that the University of Virginia m ...

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