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  • Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Janice "Jay" Johnson - Newport News/Hampton Chapter Jay Johnson has been a torchbearer of Virginia Organizing for 30 years. She was a founding member of the State Governing Board, ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Nature Connection Lab

    Featured Community Partner | Nature Connection Lab

    Human societies evolved in tight communities intertwined with and nurtured by the unique landscapes where they found themselves, and the idea that there is something out there call ...

  • CEWG Policy Director Job Description

    CEWG Policy Director Job Description

    The Climate Equity Working Group (CEWG) is an equity-focused coalition of community groups advancing climate justice statewide in Virginia. Our members are committed to centering f ...

  • #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 ...

Aspire! Award recipient ‘Asks Big Questions’ and makes big impact on campus

Aspire! Award recipient ‘Asks Big Questions’ and makes big impact on campus

BLACKSBURG, Va., March 7, 2016 – Nicole Selz has a maxim. She worked on it for over a year, honing the words to convey the meaning she so strongly believes in. It is a deceptively ...

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McAuliffe vetoes bill to require legislature’s OK of Virginia Clean Power Plan

McAuliffe vetoes bill to require legislature’s OK of Virginia Clean Power Plan

Originally posted in the Bay Journal. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed legislation that would have required General Assembly approval of any state plan to comply with the ...

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Care for Our Earth: National Parks

Care for Our Earth: National Parks

Most, if not all of us, have experienced the wonderful joy and peace which accompanies a stroll through our National or State Parks. It's a pleasure that is hard to surpass. On Au ...

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All Year Long

All Year Long

Virginia Organizing wanted to be sure to remind you that Tuesday, March 1 is the presidential primary in Virginia! Every registered voter may participate in this primary. If you w ...

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Analysis: Medicaid Not Straining Federal Budget

Analysis: Medicaid Not Straining Federal Budget

RICHMOND, Va. - Critics of expanding Virginia's Medicaid charge the health program for the poor is unsustainably expensive. A new analysis suggests it's not. Although the federal ...

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Interested in Environmental Issues?

Interested in Environmental Issues?

Virginia Organizing is excited to share some wonderful resources for those interested in environmental health and climate change issues. Environmental Health Sciences publishes tw ...

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State of the States Report 2015

State of the States Report 2015

Published by the Center for American Progress.  See also: Interactive: Restoring Shared Prosperity (TalkPoverty.org) State-by-state fact sheets In 2014, more than one in seven Ame ...

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Getting the Most Energy Efficiency Bang for Your Buck in Virginia

Getting the Most Energy Efficiency Bang for Your Buck in Virginia

Virginia residents experience incredibly diverse weather. With temperatures averaging at 28 degrees during the coldest months and reaching 90 degrees or more during the summer, ho ...

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Study: Record Number of Prisoners Exonerated Last Year

Study: Record Number of Prisoners Exonerated Last Year

Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. - Across the U.S., nearly 150 prisoners were released last year when their convictions were overturned. That's a record number of ex ...

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Barbara Kingsolver in Charlottesville

Barbara Kingsolver in Charlottesville

I am excited to announce that critically acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver will be coming to the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville on April 22 for an Earth Day conversation t ...

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