Virginia Organizing Meeting Focuses on Local Unemployment and Why Congress Must Act
Community Members Call on Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits, Extend Tax Cuts for the Middle Class and End Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Danville, VA – Close to twent ...
Read More »What Wall Street Reform Means For You
The historic Wall Street reform legislation passed by the Senate last night will have an impact on Main Street as well as Wall Street. The big banks will make every effort to dilu ...
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Ride the Divide Screening, benefiting Charlottesville Community Bikes and The Paramount
Join Charlottesville Community Bikes and the Paramount Theater for a fund raising screening of the award-winning feature film about the world's toughest mountain bike race, wh ...
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Minnis: ‘Young gun’ Cantor needs to go
Originally Published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star 10/08/10 I think the time is right to send our "young gun" riding off into the sunset. The rabidly partisan and ...
Read More »A Note from Joe Szakos
Dear friends,Thank you for joining us to celebrate the Virginia Organizing Project's 15th Anniversary. A lot can happen in 15 years and sometimes looking back can be dizzying! ...
Read More »A View From the Fifth Row at the Chesepeake City Council Meeting
On the evening of Tuesday, 6/15 VOP members and ally organizations and friends went to bat for the residents of a Mobile Home park in Chesapeake, Virginia. The residents of this p ...
Read More »The Fight for Jobs in Danville Continues
The Danville chapter made a Local Jobs for America Act (HR 4812) presentation at the June 15 City Council meeting, bringing 200 signed letters of support for the legislation and o ...
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Providence Mobile Home Residents Face Final City Council Decision on Re-Zoning Application Tuesday
Chesapeake, VA – On Tuesday evening, the Chesapeake City Council will make the final decision on the Providence (Highland Glens) re-zoning application, which if approved, would po ...
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Community Members Call on City Council to Support Legislation That Would Bring $8 Million in Funding and 145 Jobs to Danville
Residents ask Danville City Council to Sign Resolution in Support of The Local Jobs for America Act (HR 4812)Danville, VA – On Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m., several dozen m ...
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Virginia Organizing Project Danville Day of Action Focuses on Need for Local Jobs
Community Members Call on Congress to Support The Local Jobs for America Act (HR 4812) and Turn Pink Slips into Paychecks Danville, VA – Members and supporters of the ...
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