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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 ...

Marroni: My Promise to the Environment

Marroni: My Promise to the Environment

By Ed MaroniThe future of our Earth for coming generations is bleak if we of our present world delay taking strong action to remedy our Earth's struggle to provide us sustenance. ...

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Leadership Development is Not a Deliverable

Leadership Development is Not a Deliverable

Published by Social Policy: Organizing for Social and Economic Justice Credibility counts Brian Johns is the organizing director of Virginia Organizing. Recently his wife Paige an ...

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Social Justice is the Gift That Gives All Year!

Social Justice is the Gift That Gives All Year!

Dear Supporters, It’s been a great year here at Virginia Organizing and we hope you got to participate in some of the many actions and trainings we’ve done! I wan ...

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Charlottesville 10,000 Villages Fundraiser This Sunday!

Charlottesville 10,000 Villages Fundraiser This Sunday!

How can you:- buy beautiful holiday gifts for your loved ones...- know that the third-world artisans who made them were fairly paid...- support Virginia Organizing's social ju ...

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Marroni: Low Prices, High Cost

Marroni: Low Prices, High Cost

By Ed Marroni We have been programmed to look for lower prices (and why not) in our society. Our search for low prices sparks the economy because we are inclined to make more purc ...

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Mary Gaston

Mary Gaston

We were deeply saddened to learn that long time Virginia Organizing volunteer in the Charlottesville office, Mary Gaston, passed away. Mary's obituary appeared in the Daily Pr ...

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Camino Americano: Rally and March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect

Camino Americano: Rally and March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect

"Camino Americano" is the Washington, D.C. exclamation point to hundreds of actions across the country this past weekend for immigrant dignity and respect. Tens of thousands will ...

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Virginia is Veteran-Friendly?

Virginia is Veteran-Friendly?

From The Commonwealth Institute: http://thehalfsheet.org/post/42022598330/about-34-000-virginia-veterans-lack-health?utm_source=the_half_sheet_vet_friendly&utm_campaign=h ...

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South Hampton Roads Chapter Leaders Attend Governor’s Talk on Restoration of Rights

South Hampton Roads Chapter Leaders Attend Governor’s Talk on Restoration of Rights

On Tuesday, August 13, Governor Bob McDonnell visited Tidewater Community College (Portsmouth Campus) to discuss changes to the process of restoration of rights in Virginia. Virgi ...

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