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Virginia Organizing to Register Eligible Voters During Neighborhood Canvass

Virginia Organizing to Register Eligible Voters During Neighborhood Canvass

For Immediate Release: May 9, 2014What: Voter registration drive and neighborhood canvass When: Saturday, May 10 at 1 p.m. Where: Canvassers will meet at ...

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Virginia Organizing Welcomes the Mobile Justice Tour to Fredericksburg for a Forum on Successful Reentry

Virginia Organizing Welcomes the Mobile Justice Tour to Fredericksburg for a Forum on Successful Reentry

For Immediate Release: March 12, 2014WHAT: On-site training and assistance for the restoration of rights process for former felons; information about the local “Ban-the-Box ...

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Freedom Riders for Voting Rights and the Caravan for Democracy will hold a rally in Richmond, Virginia

Freedom Riders for Voting Rights and the Caravan for Democracy will hold a rally in Richmond, Virginia

For immediate release: March 11, 2014Freedom Riders for Voting Rights and the Caravan for Democracy will hold a rally in Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, March 12 - 9 am to 10 am ...

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A Thank You To All Of Our Supporters

A Thank You To All Of Our Supporters

Thanks to all our members, friends and supporters who joined us at the DAY FOR ALL PEOPLE with VACOLAO and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy! Thanks for your dedica ...

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Tomorrow’s the Day!

Tomorrow’s the Day!

Tomorrow is Election Day in Virginia! Make sure you go to the polls and help choose our next Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and the House of Delegates. In some j ...

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Are You Election Ready?

Are You Election Ready?

Did you know that there is an election every single year in Virginia? On November 5, Virginians will head to the polls to elect a new Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney Gener ...

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Local Groups Host Block Party to Encourage Voter Turnout in Low Voter Participation Neighborhood

Local Groups Host Block Party to Encourage Voter Turnout in Low Voter Participation Neighborhood

For Immediate Release: October 17, 2013What: Community Block Party for Change When: Saturday, October 19 from 10 a.m. to noon Where: Lake Edward Community ...

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Important Deadlines

Important Deadlines

There are two very important dates are coming up we wanted to make sure you know about: October 15 is the last day to register to vote! To register to vote online (or to ...

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Civil Rights Groups Call on Statewide Candidates to Commit to the Restoration of Rights

Civil Rights Groups Call on Statewide Candidates to Commit to the Restoration of Rights

Richmond, VA - September 26, 2013 - Today, the ACLU of Virginia, along with a coalition of civil rights organizations, submitted letters to the candidates for Governor, Lieut ...

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Virginians Return to DC for 50th Anniversary of ‘March on Washington’

Virginians Return to DC for 50th Anniversary of ‘March on Washington’

By Alison BurnsRICHMOND, Va. - In 1963, when David Hoover was just 12 years old, he was one of a handful of black students at what was then a recently desegregated school in Richm ...

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