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  • 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 ...

  • 2024 Legislative Priorities

    2024 Legislative Priorities

    The 2024 General Assembly session begins Wednesday, January 10 and ends March 9. Our power as an organization is in the people who take action with us, and thanks to you we've buil ...

Providence Mobile Home Residents Face Final City Council Decision on Re-Zoning Application Tuesday

Providence Mobile Home Residents Face Final City Council Decision on Re-Zoning Application Tuesday

Chesapeake, VA – On Tuesday evening, the Chesapeake City Council will make the final decision on the Providence (Highland Glens) re-zoning application, which if approved, would po ...

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Community Members Call on City Council to Support Legislation That Would Bring $8 Million in Funding and 145 Jobs to Danville

Community Members Call on City Council to Support Legislation That Would Bring $8 Million in Funding and 145 Jobs to Danville

Residents ask Danville City Council to Sign Resolution in Support of The Local Jobs for America Act (HR 4812)Danville, VA – On Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m., several dozen m ...

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Virginia Organizing Project Danville Day of Action Focuses on Need for Local Jobs

Virginia Organizing Project Danville Day of Action Focuses on Need for Local Jobs

Community Members Call on Congress to Support The Local Jobs for America Act (HR 4812) and Turn Pink Slips into Paychecks  Danville, VA – Members and supporters of the ...

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Turn Pink Slips into Paychecks: Danville Calls on Congress to Support The Local Jobs for America Act (HR 4812)

Turn Pink Slips into Paychecks: Danville Calls on Congress to Support The Local Jobs for America Act (HR 4812)

  Danville, VA – Members and supporters of the local chapter of the Virginia Organizing Project gathered outside the Greater Living Word Ministry today to call on Congress an ...

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Virginia needs the Local Jobs for America Act

Virginia needs the Local Jobs for America Act

Virginia Organizing Project volunteers have been going door-to-door in Albemarle and Greene counties this summer-talking to residents about the issues they care about. It is no su ...

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Spotlight on Housing Justice

Spotlight on Housing Justice

Chesapeake The Providence Mobile Home Park Campaign received a hard-sought victory this month when the Chesapeake Planning Commission denied a permit for the development of the Pr ...

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Showdown on K Street!

Showdown on K Street!

  On May 17, everyday people from across the country descended on K Street in Washington, D.C. K Street is ground-zero for the corporate lobbyists that are driving gridl ...

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Through Strategic Action, RePHRAME Offers Its Approach to Ending Poverty: Housing and Opportunity for All

Through Strategic Action, RePHRAME Offers Its Approach to Ending Poverty: Housing and Opportunity for All

“Building A Better Richmond” is the city's motto of today.  “One City, Our City” was the motto of yesterday.  When will we begin to live a mo ...

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LOCAL GROUPS HOLD FORUM ON DRUG COURTS, ASKING FOR DELEGATE KILGORE’S CONTINUED SUPPORT

LOCAL GROUPS HOLD FORUM ON DRUG COURTS, ASKING FOR DELEGATE KILGORE’S CONTINUED SUPPORT

IN THE FACE OF STATE AND LOCAL BUDGET CUTS, DRUG COURTS SAVE MONEY AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT AND PROBATION LEE COUNTY, VA- With local jail costs cr ...

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