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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Top Ten Accomplishments of 2017
If you are a donor to Virginia Organizing, you helped make all of this happen. If you want to support our work, please donate here. Thank you! Virginia Organizing members attended ...
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Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services to Notify CHIP Recipients of Potential Loss of Benefits Due to Congressional Inaction
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe RICHMOND – The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) will begin notifying Virginia families ...
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Medicaid Expansion in the News
Dear friends, Last week Virginia Organizing and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) held nine news conferences around the state, with faith leaders, members o ...
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Tax ‘reform’ bill bad for little guy
Published by Danville Register and Bee. To the editor: Wake up, taxpayers! The tax reform bill going through Congress isn’t right. It takes advantage of people like you and me and ...
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Virginia Organizing and VICPP Hold Eleven Media Conferences to Call for Medicaid Expansion
What: Eleven Media Conferences around Virginia calling for legislators to expand Medicaid, presented by Virginia Organizing and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Wh ...
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Trans Day of Remembrance
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, when we honor the lives of those who have been killed in violence against transgender people. We also ask you to take action to protect the righ ...
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Governor McAuliffe Statement on Virginia Air Board Approval of Clean Energy Virginia Initiative
Governor Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today after the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted to approve regulations to limit carbon emissions from Virginia ...
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Donation Only Tickets for “A Night of Comedy and Storytelling”
Thanks to the generosity of many donors, we are able to offer a limited number of "Donation Only" tickets to this event. The tickets are free, but please consider making a donatio ...
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