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The Clinch Coalition | Featured Community Partner

The Clinch Coalition | Featured Community Partner

Nigerian afrobeat legend Fela Kuti had a hit song about water, entitled Water No Get Enemy. If it was easier to sing along to it might be an anthem for today’s water protectors he ...

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Dismantling Racism Workshop

Dismantling Racism Workshop

After three years, Virginia Organizing held our three day in person workshop from November 11-13! 39 people participated, including our wonderful Spanish interpreters. The group w ...

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Win for Stafford Custodial Workers!

Win for Stafford Custodial Workers!

Virginia Organizing and the Custodial Workers of the Stafford Schools achieved a victory on November 8 by getting the Stafford County School Board to include their list of demands ...

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Town Hall on Access to Utilities

Town Hall on Access to Utilities

Do you want utilities to be affordable and accessible? Virginia should ensure access to essential utilities — especially for socially and medically vulnerable people — and make it ...

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Newport News/Hampton Chapter Updates

Newport News/Hampton Chapter Updates

The Newport News/Hampton Chapter has been door knocking on the peninsula. We are sharing with our neighbors who we are as an organization and what we are doing as a chapter in New ...

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Patrice Smallwood Joins the Board!

Patrice Smallwood Joins the Board!

We are so proud to announce that Patrice Smallwood of Norfolk has joined the State Governing Board! Patrice's first experience with Virginia Organizing was in 2019 when she took p ...

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Keynote Speaker Saturday: Narissa Rahaman

Keynote Speaker Saturday: Narissa Rahaman

Meet Narissa Rahaman, Executive Director of Equality Virginia at the final Grassroots Gathering mass meeting this Saturday, October 8 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Narissa's commitment to ...

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Preserve Giles County | Featured Community Partner

Preserve Giles County | Featured Community Partner

“You can just take pictures for posterity.” That was the answer the citizens of the village of Newport, VA got when they asked how they were supposed to preserve the history of th ...

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Action alert! Protect Pine Grove from a Landfill

Action alert! Protect Pine Grove from a Landfill

Dear Pine Grove Community Members, Partners, and Allies,  Please make a public comment on behalf of the historic Black Pine Grove Community in rural Cumberland County, Virgin ...

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Thank you to Grassroots Gathering Sponsors!

Thank you to Grassroots Gathering Sponsors!

Check out their ads and celebrations of Virginia Organizing's work here. National and State Partners Virginia AFL-CIO Health Care for America Now Community Change Clean Virginia A ...

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