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  • #StoriesMatter – VO Medicaid Stories Video

    #StoriesMatter – VO Medicaid Stories Video

    We asked and our communities answered! Watch our video of our members sharing how Medicaid has impacted them. https://youtu.be/HoAxfv3ANvs?feature=shared ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Cville ID Team

    Featured Community Partner | Cville ID Team

    To be without an ID in the United States is to be illegible to the state, which can mean tumbling into a netherworld of nonexistence, locked out of basic services like jobs, housin ...

  • 30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    We are excited about what’s in store for our 30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering in September! So, all throughout the summer we will be sharing information about what to expect, ...

  • 30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    30th Anniversary Grassroots Gathering

    In honor of our 30th anniversary this year, we are excited to invite you to a momentous convening of our annual Grassroots Gathering this fall! Mark your calendars for September 26 ...

Time to Get Out the Vote for November 8

Time to Get Out the Vote for November 8

The voter registration deadline has passed and now it is time to think about voter turnout in Virginia for the November 8 Election Day. The Presidential election is probably the m ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Voter Registration Deadline Extended

BREAKING NEWS: Voter Registration Deadline Extended

BREAKING NEWS! Did you miss the October 17 voter registration deadline? The Department of Elections website was malfunctioning that day and some voters did not get to register. If ...

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Why the Police Chief’s Apology Doesn’t Cut It (And What Will)

Why the Police Chief’s Apology Doesn’t Cut It (And What Will)

Published at OurFuture.org. This week, Terrence M. Cunningham, the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, spoke out about the need to build relationships ...

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People > Polluters

People > Polluters

On October 5, 23 environmental activists were arrested outside the Governor’s mansion in Richmond, Virginia. About 50 people were in Richmond that day to tell Virginia Governor Te ...

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Don’t Miss the Friday Deadline!

Don’t Miss the Friday Deadline!

We have only one more day to submit comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in support of strong rules for predatory lenders. Will you take a minute and visit ...

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Calling out pollution, two dozen are arrested in Virginia

Calling out pollution, two dozen are arrested in Virginia

Published by Environmental Health News Twenty-three people were arrested Wednesday as the fight to stop fossil fuel infrastructure erupted in  Virginia, according to groups stagin ...

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Virginia’s ‘sophisticated Jim Crow’ bans felons from voting

Virginia’s ‘sophisticated Jim Crow’ bans felons from voting

Published by the Toronto Star The state’s racist law blocks ex-offenders from voting for life without the governor’s personal approval. Black Virginians are disproportionately dis ...

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Second chances

Second chances

Richmond City Council’s decision to “ban the box” has helped hundreds of people with criminal records gain a second chance at employment in city jobs during the past four years. F ...

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I Stand for Environmental Justice

I Stand for Environmental Justice

On Monday, October 3, Virginia Organizing leaders will join protesters from other groups in Richmond to send a clear message to Governor Terry McAuliffe: we don't want your pipeli ...

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Report: Planet Already Hitting Carbon-Pollution Limits

Report: Planet Already Hitting Carbon-Pollution Limits

Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. -- Fossil fuel reserves in existing mines and oil fields are enough to exceed the world's entire remaining carbon budget and raise g ...

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