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  • 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 ...

  • Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    On May 12, our Halifax/South Boston Chapter held a Day Without Child Care event that recognized the importance of child care and early childhood education for parents, providers, a ...

  • 30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    In honor of our 30th anniversary this year, we are excited to invite you to a momentous convening of our annual Grassroots Gathering this fall! Mark your calendars for September 26 ...

Charlottesville Office Installed Solar Panels!

Charlottesville Office Installed Solar Panels!

The solar panels are installed! Once the job is inspected, and the power company changes the meter, we will be producing our own power--with the help of the sun! We want to send o ...

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Getting Things Done in Virginia

Getting Things Done in Virginia

Originally posted by Veer Magazine on March 31, 2015. Most of us often feel frustrated and powerless as individuals regarding issues that affect us. We can sometimes feel utterly ...

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45 years of Earth Day!

45 years of Earth Day!

With each passing year more and more attention is being directed to our Earth and Her wellbeing. Vital progress has been made in the last 15 years, but there is much more work to ...

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Opinion/Letter: Medicaid expansion benefits Va.

Opinion/Letter: Medicaid expansion benefits Va.

Originally posted in the Daily Progress on April 14, 2015. Re: “Bell, Toscano speak on ABC, Medicaid expansion, sexual assault…” (April 8, The Daily Progress online) about Del. Ro ...

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Help Expand Medicaid in Virginia!

Help Expand Medicaid in Virginia!

On March 23, we celebrated five years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)! We know there are a lot of things the ACA has done to help Virginians—in fact, we created a top ten list of ...

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Why we need to curb carbon emissions

Why we need to curb carbon emissions

An increasing number of environmentalists seem to be trying to convince us that "The sky is falling!" (like the saying from the story of Chicken Little) when they stress the dire ...

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#ACAWorks: Adam and Ro’s Story

#ACAWorks: Adam and Ro’s Story

Ro is a single mom that falls in the Medicaid coverage gap because Virginia legislators refuse to expand Medicaid. ...

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#ACAWorks: Sheila’s Story

#ACAWorks: Sheila’s Story

Sheila of Norfolk shares why she supports the ACA (hint: because it's working)! ...

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Water Conservation Tips

Water Conservation Tips

March 22nd was World Water Day, an increasingly popular day to celebrate and give us pause to consider our water use and conservation efforts. Water is a precious and limited reso ...

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Five-Year Plans: Celebrating the Affordable Care Act and Looking Forward

Five-Year Plans: Celebrating the Affordable Care Act and Looking Forward

By Dottie Holtz The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has accomplished what 100 years of health care reform could not—for the first time, we have the lowest number ...

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