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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 ...

Support Virginia Organizing by Shopping at Kroger

Support Virginia Organizing by Shopping at Kroger

A great big THANK YOU to all of you who signed up online last year to support Virginia Organizing just by shopping at Kroger. Kroger has let us know that shoppers will need to re- ...

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Addressing Climate Change with Urgency

Addressing Climate Change with Urgency

How urgent and critical is the climate change issue for Virginia? Before giving an answer I refer to Stephen Nash, a journalist, who conducted intensive research on climate change ...

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Care for our Earth

Care for our Earth

There are many ways to be an environmentalist. We may be quite diligent in engaging in practices which contribute to our Earth's well-being, while at the same time unknowingly pro ...

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Let’s Ban the Box for Federal Jobs!

Let’s Ban the Box for Federal Jobs!

Virginia Organizing has organized with other groups across Virginia to “ban the box” in many localities and on state job applications — and we were successful! Now, we have an opp ...

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Care for our Earth

Care for our Earth

Probably the simplest way to combat global warming, reduce water consumption and save the rainforests (which amount to being a responsible steward of our Earth) is adopting (to so ...

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Care for Our Earth

Care for Our Earth

Recycling, along with reusing, reducing, and repairing, were among the practices we were initially encouraged to adopt to preserve our environment. Though some would think recycli ...

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It was a BIG week!

It was a BIG week!

Last week, Virginia and the United States saw some pretty big victories for justice! It was also painfully clear that we still have more work to do as the members of the Emanuel A ...

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Big News for Marriage Equality

Big News for Marriage Equality

Did you hear even more good news today? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples using the same criteria they use for heterosex ...

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Great News from the Supreme Court!

Great News from the Supreme Court!

The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that Virginians can keep their health insurance subsidies and Virginia Organizing is very grateful for that wonderful news! Today we celebrate th ...

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Virginia Organizing Applauds Governor McAuliffe’s Decision to Remove Barrier of Court Costs and Fees as Condition of Restoration of Civil Rights

Virginia Organizing Applauds Governor McAuliffe’s Decision to Remove Barrier of Court Costs and Fees as Condition of Restoration of Civil Rights

Virginia Organizing leaders were present as Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that formerly incarcerated individuals will no longer need to satisfy all court costs ...

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