Group holds rally in Fredericksburg to show support for Obamacare
Spotsylvania County resident Laurie Haller pushed her daughter’s wheelchair among about 70 protesters Saturday afternoon in downtown Fredericksburg. She carried a poster that read ...
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Virginia Organizing Appears on NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News did a segment this weekend on people across the country speaking out to protect health care. Virginia Organizing leader Matt Skeens of Wise was at our Abingdon ra ...
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Virginia Organizing 2016 Annual Report Released
The Virginia Organizing 2016 Annual Report is more compact than our past years’ reports, but it is filled with a lot of accomplishments and wins that you helped make happen! You c ...
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CFPB faces Senate challenge on prepaid card rule
Published by Politico Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) is seeking to nullify regulations on prepaid spending cards, a move that is drawing fire from consumer groups and lackluster suppor ...
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Stategic Planning and Action Weekend
Virginia Organizing had a weekend with people moving to action and learning new strategies across the state. In Blacksburg, about 60 people came out to an intensive 16 hour commun ...
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Va. Shore Rally Planned to Support Obamacare
A group is organizing a rally in Accomack County this weekend in support of the Affordable Care Act. The event will be held near the site of the new Riverside Shore Memorial Hospi ...
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Take Action to Stop School-to-Prison Pipeline
For the past two years, Virginia Organizing Chapters from Fredericksburg to Lynchburg and Christiansburg to Portsmouth have been working locally to stop the school-to-prison pipel ...
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Parents, Educators Fight Back Against Rising Suspension Numbers
To watch the original video, visit WAVY. HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — More than 20,000 students across Hampton Roads received suspensions last school year, according to data obtain ...
Read More »How Do We Build Movements Based On Vision and Values?
Facing rapidly changing demographics, growing inequality and increased political polarization in the U.S., movement builders are grappling with creating new cross-generational tie ...
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Nurses Make a Difference for Health and Environment
Listen to the audio version of this news story originally published at Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - Nurses can make a difference in the fight against climate change, accor ...
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