Jill Carson: January/February 2017 Leader of the Month
Jill Carson, a leader in the Lee County Chapter, was a founding member of Virginia Organizing Project’s original Organizing Committee back in 1995. Since then, Jill has stayed foc ...
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Martha Woody: December 2016 Leader of the Month
Since 2008, Martha Woody has been a strong member of Virginia Organizing. After participating in a series of meetings with legislators around predatory lending, health care, and m ...
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Lee Irvin: October 2016 Leader of the Month
Lee Irvin first joined Virginia Organizing in mid-2015 after meeting Lynchburg area organizer Haley Wilson. Since then, Lee has worked hard to build power for change in Lynchburg ...
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Trish Philon: September 2016 Leader of the Month
Trish Philon has been a member of the Harrisonburg Chapter for many years and is particularly interested in criminal justice issues in her community. Recently, her Chapter develop ...
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Al Willis: November 2016 Leader of the Month
Al Willis first learned about Virginia Organizing through his church, and he's been a leader in the organizing drive on the Eastern Shore ever since. “I want to help people empowe ...
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Lily Hungarland: August 2016 Leader of the Month
Lily Hungarland began her journey with Virginia Organizing in high school. She recently graduated and started at UVA this month. "I started learning about social justice issues an ...
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Odessa Hudson: July 2016 Leader of the Month
Odessa Hudson is passionate about voting. For years, Odessa had her civil rights stripped away because she has a felony conviction on her record. She read about another returning ...
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Dian Williams: June 2016 Leader of the Month
Dian Williams is a newer Virginia Organizing leader in Portsmouth who got active after learning about Virginia Organizing at a local civic league meeting. "When I heard about all ...
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Nancy Carpenter: May 2016 Leader of the Month
For the past four years, Nancy Carpenter has been an active leader in the Charlottesville Chapter of Virginia Organizing. She joined Virginia Organizing because she was interested ...
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Ronna Wertman: February 2016 Leader of the Month
Born to deaf parents, Ronna Wertman has been a bridge between deaf and hearing communities all her life. When her mom was in the hospital without access to appropriate interpretat ...
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