Lynchburg Chapter calls for SROs to be removed from city schools
On July 7, Pastor Reason Chandler and other leaders in the Lynchburg Chapter submitted comments to the Lynchburg School Board to ask that the schools eliminate the position of sch ...
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Sendy Portillo | June 2020 Leader of the Month
Sendy Portillo moved to Richmond from El Salvador in 2008. She was looking for an organization to get involved in when Virginia Organizing started developing a chapter in the Rich ...
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Black Virginians Honored in 20 New Historical Highway Markers
On Juneteenth 2020, Governor Ralph Northam announced the content of "20 new state historical highway markers that address topics of national, state, and regional significance in V ...
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Juneteenth State Holiday!
Image credit: AJ+ YouTube On June 16, 2020 Governor Ralph Northam announced that Juneteenth would be a paid holiday for state employees. He also announced that he would work on le ...
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Stand in Solidarity with TakeAction Minnesota
STATEMENT: TAKEACTION STATEMENT ON JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD May 28, 2020 Kenza Hadj-Moussa The murder of George Floyd is devastating and justice is what we are focu ...
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Resiliency & Self-Care Newsletter, Issue 3
Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of our Resiliency and Self-Care newsletter! We hope this finds you safe and well. Life as we’ve known it has changed dramatically in just ...
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Lynchburg Wins its School Volunteer and Non-Discrimination Campaigns!
Since November 2018, the Lynchburg Chapter has been attending the Lynchburg City School Board meetings every month in order to urge them to change their restrictive volunteer poli ...
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25 Years of Grassroots Work for Justice Slideshow
Since 1995, Virginia Organizing has been bringing people together in communities all over the Commonwealth to raise their voices for the justice they need. We are a diverse, leade ...
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Virginia Organizing Holds Virtual Forum with Richard Cordray, Former CFPB Director, Calls for Federal Cap on Interest Rates
Charlottesville, Va. – On Monday, Virginia Organizing and Americans for Financial Reform co-hosted a virtual forum for members to speak with Richard Cordray, t ...
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Richmond Area Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Resource Guide
The Richmond Chapter of Virginia Organizing has compiled this bilingual (English/ Spanish) resource guide for our local community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Please share and co ...
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