Thanks for Banning the Box
Published in the Martinsville Bulletin. To the editor: On Friday, Jan. 19, the Virginia Senate passed a bill that gives more people a fair shot at public employment. Senate Bill 2 ...
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83% of Virginians Support Medicaid Expansion–New Poll Finds
"Poll: 83% of Virginians Support Medicaid Expansion," from Rachel Roubein, writing for The Hill. From the article: "The poll shows ample support for doing so, with 60 percent of t ...
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My Daughter was also in the School-to-Prison Pipeline
I started trying to get my daughter the help she needed when she was still in elementary school. She didn’t pass the SOLs, even after we hired a tutor for her. I initiated a child ...
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Washington Post Op-ed by Stephen Nash on Needed Political Reform
(Pictured: Leaders from our Martinsville and Danville Chapters met with State Senator Bill Stanley in December to discuss upcoming legislation in the Virginia General Assembly.) M ...
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#DreamActNow National Call-in Day
Today is a National Call-in Day for supporters of DACA protection for immigrant youth. Nearly 15,000 DACA holders have lost their status already. 122 young Americans lose their DA ...
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About the Eastern Shore Chapter
The Eastern Shore Chapter first began meeting in March 2016, when 31 people attended a meeting at Mary N. Smith Cultural Center. The group spent two years doing core development w ...
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200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants May Be Forced to Leave U.S.
(Pictured: The Harrisonburg Chapter's March to defend DACA and TPS in December, 2017) From the article in the Washington Post: "The Trump administration has canceled the provision ...
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Brian Johns Becomes Executive Director of Virginia Organizing
We want to share with you the great news that Brian Johns officially became the Executive Director of Virginia Organizing effective January 1, 2018. Brian has been with us for a l ...
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My Daughter was in the School-to-Prison Pipeline
When my daughter’s 6th grade teacher called to tell me she had been caught looking at a cell phone in class, she had already given her an in-school suspension. The teacher said he ...
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My Son was in the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The Assistant Principal of my son’s school called to tell me and my husband that our son had received a three-day out-of-school suspension for fighting. They told me he had starte ...
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