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Virginia Organizing Shows Support for Governor McAuliffe Restoration of Rights Action

Virginia Organizing Shows Support for Governor McAuliffe Restoration of Rights Action

Richmond, Va. — Virginia Organizing leaders were present in Richmond today as Governor Terry McAuliffe announced executive action to restore civil rights to 206,000 returning citi ...

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Elected Leaders Should Keep Their Word

Elected Leaders Should Keep Their Word

Published on Blue Virginia Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring made a promise to constituents in October 2015 that we’d like him to keep. Back in October, the Attorney General ...

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Former Felon Helps Other Ex-Convicts Register to Vote

Former Felon Helps Other Ex-Convicts Register to Vote

Published in the Free Lance-Star Duane Edwards had been out of prison for two years at the time of the 2008 presidential election. He was excited about the historic candidacy of B ...

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Letter: Statistics will help show any issues with policing

Letter: Statistics will help show any issues with policing

Published in the Free Lance-Star. Last October, state Attorney General Mark Herring spoke at the annual conference of the grassroots community group Virginia Organizing. He pledge ...

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Virginia Organizing Pushes for Equal Access to Health Care for Deaf Community

Virginia Organizing Pushes for Equal Access to Health Care for Deaf Community

Charlottesville, Va.—Virginia Organizing leaders are working with several Central Virginia hospitals to improve services for the deaf community, which includes some basic services ...

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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients and Families: Delivering Culturally-Competent Care

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients and Families: Delivering Culturally-Competent Care

Check out this great presentation from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School on how to deliver culturally-competent care for deaf and hard of hearing patients and ...

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Interpretation and Health Care

Interpretation and Health Care

Some of our leaders found these videos and webinars from a VRI company, Stratus Video, in Florida. The webinars are very informative and inclusive of all perspectives- patient, pr ...

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Letter to the Editor: Deaf patients need special care

Letter to the Editor: Deaf patients need special care

Originally published in the NewsLeader For the past year I have followed the progress of House Bill 1956 regarding effective communication for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients in ...

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Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Check out this video to learn more about why accessibility in hospitals is so important! Video by Phil Dixon. https://youtu.be/LzNB_CQCMow   ...

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Danville Police Expand Citizen Complaint Program

Danville Police Expand Citizen Complaint Program

Originally posted on The Danville Register & Bee. Members of both the Danville Police Department and Virginia Organizing announced expansions in availability of citizen compla ...

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