Opinion/Letter: Ashamed of opposition to voting rights
Letter to the Editor Published in The Daily Progress On April 22, my opinion of Virginia vastly improved with the governor's executive order that allowed more than 200,000 former ...
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Celebrate What McAuliffe Has Done
Published by Danville Register & Bee I have noticed a series of articles critical to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order that restored voting rights to returning citizens w ...
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Session Aims to Deliver Understanding of Restoring Rights to Felons
Published by Danville Register & Bee Marty Jackson recalled his “long journey” to getting his rights restored — and he wanted to do his part to help anyone else wishing to do ...
Read More »After Danville event, ex-offender voting applications rise
Published by Danville Register & Bee. Dozens of ex-offenders have applied to register to vote in Danville since a recent rights restoration event attended by Secretary of the ...
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Virginia Organizing Celebrates Henry County Decision to “Ban the Box”
Henry County, Va.—Virginia Organizing applauds Henry County’s decision to remove questions regarding criminal history from county job applications following a request from the Mar ...
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Roger Chesley: Justices’ smackdown of McAuliffe’s attempts to restore felons’ voting rights isn’t final word
Published by the Virginian-Pilot. I hesitated to call Patricia Skinner on Monday. I didn’t want to further muddle a confusing situation. Skinner, a former felon-turned-health car ...
Read More »VA Among States to Cut Incarceration and Still See Crime Fall
Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Many states, including Virginia, that have reduced their prison populations are seeing their crime rates go down, too, according t ...
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We Celebrate and Keep Organizing
On April 22, Governor Terry McAuliffe restored the rights of 206,000 returning citizens in Virginia — and Virginia Organizing made sure directly affected people were present for t ...
Read More »Editorial: Kicking out students perpetuates problem
Published by The Free Lance-Star When a child acts out in school, it’s a problem for everyone involved—fellow students, teachers, administrators and the child’s parents. But it ma ...
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Secretary Thomasson to Join Local Groups for Restoration Celebration and Information Session
What: Restoration of Civil Rights Celebration and Information Session for Returning Citizens When: Wednesday, June 29 at 6 p.m. Where: Calvary Baptist Church (218 Holbrook Street, ...
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