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  • Supreme Court Ruling Delivers Good News for Virginians

    Supreme Court Ruling Delivers Good News for Virginians

    Richmond, Va.— The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the funding method Congress chose for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), allowing a vital ag ...

  • Power Analysis 2024

    Power Analysis 2024

    “We are the little engine that became a locomotive,” said Board member Jay Johnson. We were delighted to convene for our annual Power Analysis again this year in Massanetta Springs ...

  • Take Action on Utility Shutoffs!

    Take Action on Utility Shutoffs!

    Thanks in part to the action you took, legislators passed HB 906 and SB 480 during this General Assembly session, stopping utilities from shutting off customers’ power, gas, and wa ...

  • Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

    Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

    Do you want to reduce greenhouse gases and improve housing throughout Virginia? Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is requesting feedback on its Draft Priority Cl ...

Bankruptcy & Foreclosures in Virginia

Bankruptcy & Foreclosures in Virginia

This post was originally published on Take Me Home Virginia blog and is by Connellee Armentrout. Connellee is originally from Roanoke  and is a second year law student at the ...

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Infant mortality in Virginia

Infant mortality in Virginia

Recently the Virginian Pilot ran an excellent story by Elizabeth Simpson on infant mortality in Virginia and the factors that race, economic status and geography play in the healt ...

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Virginia Organizing Commends VA Beach City Council on Affordable Housing Protective Order

Virginia Organizing Commends VA Beach City Council on Affordable Housing Protective Order

  Virginia Organizing Hails the Passage of the Mobile Home Protective Order and the Human Rights Resolution   Virginia Beach, VA –Residents who have fought on local affo ...

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We Won the Housing Virginia 2010 Media Award!

We Won the Housing Virginia 2010 Media Award!

Virginia Organizing and the Providence Mobile Home Park residents were the recipients of the Housing Virginia 2010 Media Award. Recognition and a $500 cash award were presented to ...

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Virginia Organizing Meeting Focuses on Local Unemployment and Why Congress Must Act

Virginia Organizing Meeting Focuses on Local Unemployment and Why Congress Must Act

Community Members Call on Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits, Extend Tax Cuts for the Middle Class and End Tax Cuts for the Wealthy  Danville, VA – Close to twent ...

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What Wall Street Reform Means For You

What Wall Street Reform Means For You

The historic Wall Street reform legislation passed by the Senate last night will have an impact on Main Street as well as Wall Street. The big banks will make every effort to dilu ...

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Ride the Divide Screening, benefiting Charlottesville Community Bikes and The Paramount

Ride the Divide Screening, benefiting Charlottesville Community Bikes and The Paramount

Join Charlottesville Community Bikes and the Paramount Theater for a fund raising screening of the award-winning feature film about the world's toughest mountain bike race, wh ...

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Minnis: ‘Young gun’ Cantor needs to go

Minnis: ‘Young gun’ Cantor needs to go

Originally Published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star 10/08/10 I think the time is right to send our "young gun" riding off into the sunset. The rabidly partisan and ...

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A Note from Joe Szakos

A Note from Joe Szakos

Dear friends,Thank you for joining us to celebrate the Virginia Organizing Project's 15th Anniversary. A lot can happen in 15 years and sometimes looking back can be dizzying! ...

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A View From the Fifth Row at the Chesepeake City Council Meeting

A View From the Fifth Row at the Chesepeake City Council Meeting

On the evening of Tuesday, 6/15 VOP members and ally organizations and friends went to bat for the residents of a Mobile Home park in Chesapeake, Virginia. The residents of this p ...

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