Racism on Campus is Nothing New. A Sustained Anti-Racist Campus Movement Would Be.
Published by the Alliance for a Just Society. As a first-year student at Brown University I was detained for trespassing by campus security. In my own dorm. In sock feet. You see ...
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Virginia Organizing Responds to President Obama’s Ban the Box Annoucement
Fredericksburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing State Governing Board member and returning citizen Duane Edwards responded to President Barack Obama’s announcement to delay asking questio ...
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Death Penalty Support, Use Erodes in Virginia and U.S.
Listen to the story at Public News Service. The death penalty is in a long, slow decline in Virginia and nationally, according to opinion polls and how often it's being used. Robe ...
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Virginia Organizing and Augusta Coalition for Peace and Justice to Screen ‘Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot’
What: Screening of “Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot” and community discussion When: Sunday, October 25 from 2-4:30 p.m. Where: Staunton Public Library, 2nd floor (1 Churchville Av ...
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Virginia Organizing Leaders to Urge City Council to ‘Ban the Box’
What: Staunton City Council Meeting When: Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Staunton City Hall (116 W. Beverly Street, Staunton, VA 24401) Staunton, Va.—Virginia Organizi ...
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Virginia Organizing Commends Danville City Council for Voting to Remove Confederate Flag
Danville, Va.—In response to Danville City Council’s vote to remove the Confederate flag from public property, Virginia Organizing has issued the following statements: “I am so gl ...
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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 ...
Read More »It was a BIG week!
Last week, Virginia and the United States saw some pretty big victories for justice! It was also painfully clear that we still have more work to do as the members of the Emanuel A ...
Read More »Big News for Marriage Equality
Did you hear even more good news today? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples using the same criteria they use for heterosex ...
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Virginia Organizing Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality
Petersburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook issued the following statement on behalf of the organization after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage equal ...
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