2015 Mid-Year Report
Virginia Organizing is very excited to release our 2015 Mid-Year Report, which covers our accomplishments for the first six months of the year! You can find the report by clicking ...
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Help Support Virginia Organizing with Kroger Rewards and the Amazing Raise
It’s almost our 20th birthday! Because of you, we have done some great work over the years to make Virginia a more just place. Did you know you can help us accomplish even more wi ...
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Support Virginia Organizing by Shopping at Kroger
A great big THANK YOU to all of you who signed up online last year to support Virginia Organizing just by shopping at Kroger. Kroger has let us know that shoppers will need to re- ...
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Tougher Pollution Rules Affect Low-Income Neighborhoods Differently
The full article and audio file can be found at Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - Since the Clean Air Act of 1970, America's air has gotten cleaner, but the American Lung Assoc ...
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New BRT must work for everyone
Published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Editor, Times-Dispatch: As a bus rider, I was excited to hear about the city’s new Bus Rapid Transit plan. I think the city has the right ...
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Addressing Climate Change with Urgency
How urgent and critical is the climate change issue for Virginia? Before giving an answer I refer to Stephen Nash, a journalist, who conducted intensive research on climate change ...
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Care for our Earth
There are many ways to be an environmentalist. We may be quite diligent in engaging in practices which contribute to our Earth's well-being, while at the same time unknowingly pro ...
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Let’s Ban the Box for Federal Jobs!
Virginia Organizing has organized with other groups across Virginia to “ban the box” in many localities and on state job applications — and we were successful! Now, we have an opp ...
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Medicaid at 50: Huge benefits for Virginia’s kids
(Published in Public News Service.) Medicaid turns 50 years old this week, and the impact it's had on the lives of children is being praised, both by advocates and academics. Two ...
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Clean power plan should ease Virginia electric bills
Published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. – An Environmental Protection Agency plan to cut carbon pollution should actually save Virginia families money, if meeting the plan ...
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