Huge Energy Savings in VA Affordable Housing Apartments
Original and audio found at Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - Basic steps for Virginia's affordable housing will have a huge energy efficiency payoff, according to two new stud ...
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Let’s Ban the Box on U.S. Job Applications!
We hope you heard the good news that our U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine asked President Barack Obama to issue an executive order to ban the criminal history question on f ...
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Group Comes Up With Ways For Duke Energy To Address Coal Ash Spill Issues, Now Up For Public Review
One of Virginia Organizing's leaders, David Wilson, was featured in this story. To watch the full story at WSET, please click here. Danville, VA-- Thousands of tons of coal ash ha ...
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Senators join push to strike criminal history questions
The Virginian-Pilot © May 9, 2015 U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined 24 Democratic colleagues in urging President Barack Obama to "ban the box" on applications for federa ...
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Rallying Point: Virginia Organizing Celebrates Two Decades in the Trenches
Virginia Organizing was featured as one of five non-profits in Cville Weekly on May 6, 2015 to honor our 20th anniversary. On a bulletin board in Virginia Organizing’s headquarte ...
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VA Women Would Benefit from $12 Minimum Wage
Listen to the audio version of this story at Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. - Momentum is building to raise the federal minimum wage, and a new analysis shows that working wo ...
Read More »Agency that got its start in SWVa. celebrates two decades of success
BY ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. — In 1994, a community organizer came across the border from Kentucky into Southwest Virginia and started talking t ...
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Virginia Organizing 2014 Annual Report
Virginia Organizing is pleased to release our 2014 Annual Report! This report highlights a year of successful campaigns and hard work by our Chapters all across Virginia. Virginia ...
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More on the Magnificent Monarch
First, it is important to note that without the help of the Monarch Butterfly, a key pollinator, our food production could be damaged beyond repair. Our efforts, then, to bolster ...
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Virginia Organizing Meets for Annual Power Analysis
Virginia Organizing leaders, Board members, and staff met for a two-day power analysis of Virginia's political systems. We learned where we have power to take action and how we ca ...
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