Governor Northam Announces Community Forums to Inform Statewide Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · February 20, 2020 Office of the Governor Alena.Yarmosky@governor.virginia.gov RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that his administration wil ...
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Our Goals for the 2020 General Assembly
From Del McWhorter, Chairperson: "Virginia Organizing members recognize that after every election we have to go to work to convince our delegates and senators to take action for j ...
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Virginia Organizing Lists Goals for 2020 General Assembly Session
Richmond, Va. – In response to the Democrats winning both houses of the General Assembly yesterday, Virginia Organizing's chairperson, Del McWhorter, released the following s ...
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UVA and the History of Race: When the KKK Flourished in Charlottesville
UVA Today has been publishing an important series of articles about racism in UVA's history. The reason for the series is, from the article: "Editor’s note: Even an institution as ...
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Beauty in Diversity
2019 Summer intern Vallen Ellis has published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times about the importance of cultural awareness. From the article: "Growing up as a biracial woman in the Ap ...
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UVA and the “Lost Cause”
(Photo courtesy Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library) Professor Elizabeth Varon of the University of Virginia has published an important history of the Confederate ...
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Update: We Met with the Governor
As you know, after Governor Ralph Northam announced that he was not going to resign, Virginia Organizing called for him to meet with us and take steps to dismantle institutional r ...
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The best role models imaginable
Leader Libby Fitzgerald of the Lynchburg Chapter wrote a wonderful letter to the Lynchburg News & Advance in support of returning citizens being allowed to volunteer in local ...
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Take Action: from Board Member Jay Johnson
On April 2, we held a press conference in Richmond to call on Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring to meet with us. It was covered in television news from Norf ...
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Virginia Organizing Lists Demands for State Leaders to Make Amends for Racist Actions
Charlottesville, Va.—The State Governing Board of Virginia Organizing has called on Senator Tommy Norment, Attorney General Mark Herring, and Governor Ralph Northam to make amends ...
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