Natalie Grossman: March 2011
Although Natalie has always been involved in activism, her first experience with Virginia Organizing was three years ago in a sociology class where she participated in door-to-doo ...
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Kathy Stanley: Febrary 2011
Kathy Stanley has shown an unwavering commitment to the local housing campaign in Chesapeake and has put herself in a vulnerable position in order to speak out for others. As a re ...
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Pastor Loretta Murray: January 2011
Pastor Loretta Murray of the Danville Chapter is no stranger to speaking her mind. Through her work with her church, the Greater Living Word Ministry, she knows many members of he ...
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Isabel Castillo: December 2010
Isabel Castillo is a Harrisonburg resident who has been fighting for the passage of the Dream Act for over a year. The Dream Act would allow a path to citizenship for undocumented ...
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Donna Sequeira: November 2010
Donna is a long-time activist and religious leader who first became involved with Virginia Organizing through Ben Thacker-Gwaltney, her local Hampton Roads organizer. Donna cites ...
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Jim Lindsay: September 2010
Jim Lindsay helped found the Virginia Organizing Health Care Reform Committee in June of 2008. Jim decided to get involved because he had a couple loved ones navigating the health ...
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Jeffrey Hunt: August 2010
Jeff Hunt’s first experience with Virginia Organizing involved knocking on thousands of doors as part of the 2009 summer Civic Engagement Project. Jeff, along with 39 other ...
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Ernest Williams: July 2010
One afternoon Ernest Williams received a knock on his door from organizer Nik Belanger. Nik asked him about the issues he cared about and Ernest resoundingly said jobs. As a longt ...
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Sister Beth Davies: June 2010
Sister Beth Davies of Lee County has been working on social and economic justice in Southwest, Virginia long before the Virginia Organizing Project came into existence.In fact Bet ...
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Linda Powell: May 2010
When Linda Powell first got involved with the Virginia Organizing Project she was a little apprehensive but eventually dove right in. Linda is passionate about many issues includi ...
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