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Virginia Organizing Lists Demands for State Leaders to Make Amends for Racist Actions

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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Virginia Organizing Calls for Governor Northam’s Resignation

Virginia Organizing Calls for Governor Northam’s Resignation

Charlottesville, Va.—On Saturday afternoon, the State Governing Board of Virginia Organizing called on Governor Ralph Northam to resign immediately following the release of a raci ...

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Virginia Organizing Partners with Valley Justice Coalition for Criminal Justice Forum

Virginia Organizing Partners with Valley Justice Coalition for Criminal Justice Forum

What: Forum to present new community-police relations report as well as a review of Harrisonburg Police Department's Standard Operating Procedures. The forum will invite community ...

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Harrisonburg Community – Law Enforcement Relations Report November 2018

Harrisonburg Community – Law Enforcement Relations Report November 2018

The Harrisonburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing partnered with Better Together/Mejores Juntos and Southerners on New Ground (SONG) in the development of a survey in order to inves ...

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Connect with your transgender and allied neighbors at TIES!

Connect with your transgender and allied neighbors at TIES!

Join us for the 5th annual TIES! This year at a new location! TIES brings hundreds of folks together for a conference designed to meet the interests and needs of transgender indiv ...

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Trans Day of Remembrance

Trans Day of Remembrance

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, when we honor the lives of those who have been killed in violence against transgender people. We also ask you to take action to protect the righ ...

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VIDEO: Virginia Organizing’s Roots in Southwest

VIDEO: Virginia Organizing’s Roots in Southwest

At the Grassroots Gathering, Denise Smith—a member of the original organizing committee—shared stories of Virginia Organizing's roots in Southwest Virginia and the importance of d ...

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Eric Olson-Getty: September/October 2017 Leader of the Month

Eric Olson-Getty: September/October 2017 Leader of the Month

Eric Olson-Getty came to Virginia from North Carolina in 2014. He moved for a new church—his wife is a pastor of a Mennonite congregation—but got to Harrisonburg looking for a new ...

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Powerful Experience at Grassroots Gathering 2017

Powerful Experience at Grassroots Gathering 2017

We had a full house at this year's Grassroots Gathering. Leaders and supporters from all parts of Virginia came together to make change for the better in our state. Members of aff ...

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NRV Chapter Calls on School Board to Fight Racism

NRV Chapter Calls on School Board to Fight Racism

On August 15, leaders and supporters from the New River Valley Chapter of Virginia Organizing attended the Montgomery County School Board's regular meeting to ask for a public sta ...

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