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Virginia Organizing and 100+ Public Officials Call for Congress to Direct Relief Funds to Community Priorities

Virginia Organizing and 100+ Public Officials Call for Congress to Direct Relief Funds to Community Priorities

Richmond, Va. – Today Virginia Organizing released a letter signed by over 100 current and former public officials from all areas of Virginia calling for "Reli ...

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Lynchburg Wins its School Volunteer and Non-Discrimination Campaigns!

Lynchburg Wins its School Volunteer and Non-Discrimination Campaigns!

Since November 2018, the Lynchburg Chapter has been attending the Lynchburg City School Board meetings every month in order to urge them to change their restrictive volunteer poli ...

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Governor Northam Announces Community Forums to Inform Statewide Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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

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

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 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

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”

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

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

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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