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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Thanks for Banning the Box
Published in the Martinsville Bulletin. To the editor: On Friday, Jan. 19, the Virginia Senate passed a bill that gives more people a fair shot at public employment. Senate Bill 2 ...
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First Responder Communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Citizens
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2017 Mid-Year Report Now Online!
Click here for a downloadable PDF version of our mid-year report to see more photos and accomplishments! Virginia Organizing could not do our work without your support, and ...
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Virginia Organizing Participates in National Day of Action to Protect Medicaid
Charlottesville, Va.—As members of Congress return home for the August recess, Virginia Organizing held a media tele-conference on Wednesday, August 9 featuring seniors and advoca ...
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Virginia Organizing Efforts Lead to Portsmouth School Board Approval of New Code of Conduct
Portsmouth, Va.— On Saturday, the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing celebrated a milestone victory in its campaign to reduce suspensions and disrupt the school-to-prison p ...
Read More »Governor McAuliffe Announces More Than $83 Million for Criminal Justice Programs Throughout the Commonwealth
RICHMOND – Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced $83.3 million in grants to provide support – in some cases the only support – for essential programs and services across the cr ...
Read More »Report: Reduce Incarceration To Narrow Achievement Gap
RICHMOND, Va. — Widespread incarceration of African Americans during the drug war feeds the achievement gap in U.S. schools, according to a new report. The study from the Economic ...
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Returning Citizens Voting at Last!
When Raymond Steverson, Jr. first tried to get his voting rights restored many years ago, he found it a very difficult process. After filling out the many forms and getting them n ...
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