Virginia Organizing Danville Chapter Leaders Respond to Attorney General Herring’s Police Recruitment Pilot Program
Danville, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chapter leaders in Danville attended a media conference held by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring where he announced a new pilot program in ...
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Virginia Organizing to Speaker Howell: “This Has Got To Stop”
Fredericksburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing called on Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Bill Howell to stop blocking Medicaid expansion the day before the Remote Area Medical ...
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Virginia Organizing Responds to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals DAPA/DACA Decision
Petersburg, Va.—The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction to block implementation of executive orders on immigration, including Deferred Action for Parents of Americ ...
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Virginia Organizing Responds to President Obama’s Ban the Box Annoucement
Fredericksburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing State Governing Board member and returning citizen Duane Edwards responded to President Barack Obama’s announcement to delay asking questio ...
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Virginia Organizing and Augusta Coalition for Peace and Justice to Screen ‘Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot’
What: Screening of “Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot” and community discussion When: Sunday, October 25 from 2-4:30 p.m. Where: Staunton Public Library, 2nd floor (1 Churchville Av ...
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Virginia Organizing Releases Alliance for a Just Society’s ‘Pay Up!’ Report on Long Hours and Low Pay
Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing released the Alliance for a Just Society’s report, Pay Up!, which highlights the devastating effects of low pay and long hours for Virginia worke ...
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Virginia Organizing Holds 20th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering in Blackstone
ATTORNEY GENERAL MARK HERRING ATTENDED TO DISCUSS SOCIAL JUSTICE IN VIRGINIA LEGAL SYSTEM Blackstone, Va.—Virginia Organizing held the 20th anniversary Grassroots Gathering and ce ...
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Study: 7 Virginia Corporations had a Total of $9 Billion in Untaxed Profits Stashed Offshore in 2014
THESE VIRGINIA FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES HAD 71 SUBSIDIARIES IN TAX HAVENS Petersburg, Va.—Tax loopholes allowed seven Virginia Fortune 500 companies—led by Computer Sciences Corporat ...
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Virginia Organizing Kicks Off ‘Stand with Women’ Campaign Across Commonwealth
Roanoke, Va.—Virginia Organizing kicked off the “Stand with Women” campaign across the Commonwealth with a series of local women’s roundtables in Danville, Waynesboro, Petersburg, ...
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Virginia Organizing to Hold Restoration of Rights Workshop in Woodbridge
What: Workshop to help returning citizens apply to restore civil rights When: Monday, September 14, 2015 from 7-8:30 p.m. Where: Chinn Park Library (13065 Chinn Park Drive, Woodbr ...
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