Stand Against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Usually, people will not get too involved with matters that do not directly impact their lives. An example I have seen recently is the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This pipeline will ...
Read More »Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes New Rules, Virginia Organizing Responds
On Thursday, June 2, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released proposed rules for payday and title lending with the intent to curb predatory practices by these lend ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »#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 ...
Read More »Claim Solar Rights
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. ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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