Will You Join Us?
I want to invite you to Virginia Organizing’s Grassroots Gathering 2016 on September 16-18 at the Smith Mountain Lake Skelton 4-H Conference Center. You can click here to get more ...
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#StopTheDebtTrap
On June 2, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed new rules aimed at reducing the harmful effects of predatory lending debt traps like payday and car title loans ...
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Since we put solar panels on our Charlottesville office, we’ve experienced an 80 percent savings in our electric bills and we want all Virginians to be able to access solar power. ...
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Emerging Chapters Organize for Change
Virginia Organizing has several emerging Chapters across the state. If you live in Roanoke, the New River Valley, Lynchburg, Eastern Shore, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, or Suffolk and ...
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We Celebrate and Keep Organizing
On April 22, Governor Terry McAuliffe restored the rights of 206,000 returning citizens in Virginia — and Virginia Organizing made sure directly affected people were present for t ...
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Stop Child Hunger
As a parent, I know how important it is for kids to have healthy food. Really, it is a no-brainer that kids shouldn’t have to go hungry, right? Not according to the U.S. House of ...
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BIG Announcement from Barbara Kingsolver
We have a BIG announcement:Barbara Kingsolver will be joined on stage on Friday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville by award-winning television and fil ...
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Care for Our Earth: Clean Power Plan
Virginia is currently working on an important piece of policy, the Clean Power Plan, that could have a large positive impact on the state's economy, public health, and environment ...
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Debra Grant: Payday lenders prey on women, families
Published by the Virginian-Pilot I had a relative who needed to borrow $150, so I took out a payday loan to help. Every month, I would have to roll the loan over until the next mo ...
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Virginia Organizing at the CFPB Hearings
On April 7, 2016, Virginia Organizing leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Virginia Or ...
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