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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 ...

Martinsville to Governor McDonnell: Don’t throw away our votes or our money!

Martinsville to Governor McDonnell: Don’t throw away our votes or our money!

Today, Martinsville residents protested two voter suppression laws, SB 1 and HB 63, which have passed the Virginia General Assembly are awaiting Governor Bob McDonnell’s sig ...

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Virginia’s Attorney General: Breaking the Law Is OK

Virginia’s Attorney General: Breaking the Law Is OK

Crossposted at HCAN's blog.  Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says it is OK to break the law as long as you think there won’t be any penalties.At a ...

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10 Ways in 10 Days: The Road to Ruin

10 Ways in 10 Days: The Road to Ruin

People have been saying that we have a transportation problem for decades, and this legislative session was no different. Dozens of bills designed to address our growing transport ...

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10 Ways in 10 Days: State Budget is Sacrificing Virginia’s Seniors

10 Ways in 10 Days: State Budget is Sacrificing Virginia’s Seniors

More than 4,500 low-income elderly Virginians will lose their long-term care coverage under all versions of the state budget currently being debated. This comes after years of cut ...

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Virginia Organizing February 2012 Newsletter: Leap Year Edition

Virginia Organizing February 2012 Newsletter: Leap Year Edition

 Broken Hearts at the General AssemblyOn Valentine’s Day, over 100 Virginia Organizing supporters from Abingdon to Arlington made their way to the Capitol to express th ...

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Huge Victory on Predatory Lending in Chesapeake!

Huge Victory on Predatory Lending in Chesapeake!

While the Virginia General Assembly utterly failed to take action on predatory lending this session, the City of Chesapeake sought more transparency and public input on the predat ...

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Black Friday: A Day of Protest for Thousands of VA Public School Teachers

Black Friday: A Day of Protest for Thousands of VA Public School Teachers

It has been dubbed "Black Friday" by thousands of public school teachers around the state, who will be wearing black today in protest of what they see as unfair budget c ...

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Ehrenthal: Voter Fraud & Bigfoot, They Make Exist, But are Hard to Find

Ehrenthal: Voter Fraud & Bigfoot, They Make Exist, But are Hard to Find

  The right to vote, in a democracy, is a basic right.  Under the United States Constitution that right in established by the 15th Amendment.   “No one can be denied the ...

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Ehrenthal: The House is Playing Reindeer Games with Unemployment & Middle Class Tax Cut

Ehrenthal: The House is Playing Reindeer Games with Unemployment & Middle Class Tax Cut

Once again the House of Representatives, led by the radical conservative bloc is holding up a needed tax break for most working Americans. After crafting a compromise budget bill ...

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Christmas Carols for Governor McDonnell

Christmas Carols for Governor McDonnell

The 12 (well 8) Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Regressive taxation On the second day of Christmas my governor gave to me: Underpaid teache ...

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