2017 Mid-Year Report Now Online!
Click here for a downloadable PDF version of our mid-year report to see more photos and accomplishments! Virginia Organizing could not do our work without your support, and ...
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Grassroots Gathering Registration Open!
Click here to register for the Grassroots Gathering. Health care. Immigrant rights. Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline. These are only a few of the issues Virginia Organizin ...
Read More »Protests Against Pending Deportation in Harrisonburg
Published by WMRA. On Monday more than 75 people in Harrisonburg rallied outside the Department of Homeland Security office on Neff Avenue against a pending deportation. WMRA’s Ch ...
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Block Party Celebrates Community in the Face of Indignity
What: Block Party for Dignity, a celebration of the power of community and solidarity in the aftermath of three recent incidents involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement, loc ...
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Press Conference at Local Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office for the Deportation of Local Harrisonburg
What: Media conference on deportation case over a piece of firewood When: Monday, May 15, 2017 — 3:30 p.m. Where: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office, 263 Neff Ave., Harris ...
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Undocumented Immigrants Contribution to Va
Published by Public News Service (audio version also available) RICHMOND, Va. -- Undocumented immigrants pay more than $250 million in Virginia state and local taxes a year, accor ...
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ACLU-VA, Other Rights Groups Tell Governor Not to Let Virginia Take on Immigration Enforcement
Published on the ACLU of Virginia website The ACLU of Virginia and 15 other immigrants’ rights and social services organizations [including Virginia Organizing] have joined togeth ...
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Virginia Organizing Responds to Immigration Decision
Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter issued the following in response to the U.S. Supreme Court 4-4 tie decision in United States v. Texas: "Virginia Or ...
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Virginia Organizing to Demonstrate in Support of Immigration on the Anniversary of DAPA Executive Order
Media Advisory What: Demonstration in support of immigrants and refugees When: Friday, November 20 at 3 p.m. Where: U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte’s Harrisonburg office (70 Nor ...
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Virginia Organizing and NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center to Host Workshop for Employers of Immigrants
What: Workshop to assist employers with worker eligibility When: Tuesday, May 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. Where: Massanutten Regional Library Main Branch Meeting Room (174 South Main Stre ...
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