Virginia Organizing’s 25th Anniversary!
From Denise Smith, Founding Board Member I am an 11th generation (on my mother’s side) Appalachian woman. My ex-husband, a former coal miner, was injured on the railroad and we lo ...
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Virginia Organizing Resiliency & Self-Care Newsletter Issue 2
Ronna Wertman, leader in the Staunton/Augusta County/Waynesboro Chapter has been developing a newsletter for organizers. Please see Issue 2 for great ideas about how to re-charge ...
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Governor Northam Announces Community Forums to Inform Statewide Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · February 20, 2020 Office of the Governor Alena.Yarmosky@governor.virginia.gov RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that his administration wil ...
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Lynchburg Schools, Be More Inclusive!
We're glad the Lynchburg News & Advance editorial board agrees. We want to see the city school board make these policy changes immediately. From the editorial: "With an incarc ...
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Dave Rogers | January/February 2020 Leader of the Month
Dave Rogers first came to Charlottesville when he was an undergraduate at UVA in 1965. After graduation, he moved to the Tidewater area to become a teacher, but he missed Charlott ...
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Lynchburg City Schools considering allowing volunteers with felony records
From the article on WFXR by Santiago Melli-Huber: "The Lynchburg City School Board is considering a change to its volunteer policy that would allow people with a felony on their r ...
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Lynchburg Campaigns Move Forward
Slow motion gay pride flag blowing in the wind. The Lynchburg Chapter has been working on two campaigns in the last year. They want the school board to create a process to allow p ...
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Norfolk Chapter leader, Terry White, will be Senator Mark Warner’s guest at the State of the Union address.
Press release from Senator Warner's office: WARNER INVITES CHESAPEAKE RESIDENT AND MEDICAID BENEFICIARY TO STATE OF THE UNION ~ Terry “Bean” White, who acquired health insurance t ...
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General Assembly Visits – Going Strong!
Several chapters have sent representatives to visit the General Assembly so far this session. Eastern Shore, Shenandoah Valley Chapters, Newport News, and Norfolk went earlier thi ...
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