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  • 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 ...

  • The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    On August 29, President Biden announced that Medicare has selected the first 10 medications that they will negotiate lower prices for. These negotiations were made possible by the ...

  • The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    In the fight against childhood cancer, children are noncombatants. That is the response of The Alyssa House Board Chair, Lynn Divers, to the more common conception of cancer treatm ...

  • Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Not all mental health care is created equal. For Myra Anderson of Brave Souls on Fire, nothing underlines that statement more than the ways Black people have experienced marginaliz ...

Virginia Organizing Celebrates Vaccinations at Norfolk City Jail

Virginia Organizing Celebrates Vaccinations at Norfolk City Jail

Norfolk, Va. — Virginia Organizing announced today that the Norfolk Health Department has finally scheduled vaccinations for people incarcerated at the Norfolk ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold Virtual Tax Day Town Hall at 4:30 today with Rep. Bobby Scott

Virginia Organizing to Hold Virtual Tax Day Town Hall at 4:30 today with Rep. Bobby Scott

What: Virtual town hall with Rep. Bobby Scott to urge Congress to make big corporations, especially Big Pharma, pay their share in taxes  When: Today at 4:30 p.m. Where: ...

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Virginia Organizing Reacts to President Biden’s Speech, Urges Prescription Drug Reform

Virginia Organizing Reacts to President Biden’s Speech, Urges Prescription Drug Reform

Richmond, Va. — Following President Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress outlining his new American Families Plan, Ladelle McWhorter, chairperson of Virginia Organizing, ...

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Letter: Paid sick leave is an important benefit to all Virginians

Letter: Paid sick leave is an important benefit to all Virginians

The Fairfax County Times published this letter from Dr. Rommaan Ahmad on December 11, 2020 making the case for paid sick leave throughout the Commonwealth. Virginia Organizing is ...

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Since Pandemic Began Virginia Billionaires’ Net Worths Jump $6.5 Billion, or 15.8% – Five Times More than Virginia’s $1.3 Billion Revenue Shortfall

Since Pandemic Began Virginia Billionaires’ Net Worths Jump $6.5 Billion, or 15.8% – Five Times More than Virginia’s $1.3 Billion Revenue Shortfall

Meanwhile State and Local Government Services Face Deep Cuts as Congress Prioritizes Confirmation of Anti-ACA Supreme Court Justice Over Passing an Overdue Coronavirus Financial A ...

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Save our Health Care Virginia Media Conference

Save our Health Care Virginia Media Conference

Zoom and Facebook Live conference with Virginia Organizing leaders who will be harmed by SCOTUS overturning the ACA What: Media conference on Trump SCOTUS pick and the ACA Wh ...

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The Case for a Public Option in Virginia

The Case for a Public Option in Virginia

This text comes from Delegate Ibraheem S. Samirah, who has sponsored HB5083, which would add a public option to Virginia's health insurance marketplace: Researching the Costs Asso ...

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Virginia Organizing to Host Virtual Roundtable with Rep. Bobby Scott to Urge More Robust COVID-19 Relief and Discuss Urgent Health Care Needs

Virginia Organizing to Host Virtual Roundtable with Rep. Bobby Scott to Urge More Robust COVID-19 Relief and Discuss Urgent Health Care Needs

What: Virtual roundtable with Rep. Bobby Scott, patients, and community leaders When: Thursday, August 13 at 6 p.m. Where: Zoom; join by video or phone Norfolk, Va. — ...

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Rural Health Care Providers and Patients Celebrate 55th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, Call on Congress for More Robust Federal COVID-19 Relief

Rural Health Care Providers and Patients Celebrate 55th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, Call on Congress for More Robust Federal COVID-19 Relief

Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release: July 31, 2020 Martinsville, Va. – Yesterday, leaders from the Danville and Martinsville/Henry County Chapter of Virginia Organizing hosted a vi ...

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Virginia Organizing to Host Virtual Roundtable on 55th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare to Urge More Robust Federal COVID-19 Relief

Virginia Organizing to Host Virtual Roundtable on 55th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare to Urge More Robust Federal COVID-19 Relief

What: Virtual roundtable with health care providers, patients, and community leaders When: Thursday, July 30 at 12:30 p.m. Where: Zoom; join by video (click here) or pho ...

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