RESCHEDULED: Virginia Organizing to Hold Press Conference on High Suspension Rates for the 2018 School Year
What: Press Conference on High Suspension Rates in Norfolk Public Schools New Date: Wednesday, October 23 from 2 – 2:30 p.m. Where: Norfolk Public Sc ...
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News & Advance: Equity Task Force Champions School Volunteer Reform
Photo by Jay Westcott/News & Advance Rachel Mahoney of the Lynchburg News & Advance reports that the Equity Task Force of the Lynchburg Public Schools supports Virginia Or ...
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Lynchburg Schools and Community Conversations
Recently, Lynchburg chapter leader Phil Stump was interviewed by Liz Ramos of the Lynchburg News & Advance when she covered the turnout issues the city schools have encountere ...
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Another Step Forward in the Lynchburg School Volunteer Campaign
On Tuesday, June 3, Virginia Organizing Lynchburg Chapter members Robert Flood and Solveig Kjeseth spoke at the Lynchburg School Board meeting about the restrictive policy that ke ...
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Virginia Organizing to Picket and Speak at Norfolk School Board Meeting
What: School Board Meeting Rally When: Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 6 – 9 p.m. Where: Norfolk Public Schools Administration Building, 800 City Hall Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510 Norfolk, Va ...
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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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News & Advance: Public hearing focuses on raises, discipline at Lynchburg schools
The great work of the Lynchburg Chapter was recently featured in a News & Advance article by Liz Ramos: "Public hearing focuses on raises, discipline at Lynchburg schools." Fr ...
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Susie Joiner and the Lynchburg School Board Action
WSET-TV covered Susie Joiner's comments on behalf of Virginia Organizing at the Lynchburg School Board meeting last week. Susie said, "We need to pull back the covers on this raci ...
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Virginia Organizing partners with NAACP to host an Education Justice Forum
Christiansburg, Va. — The New River Valley Chapter of Virginia Organizing and the Montgomery County - Radford City - Floyd County Branch of the NAACP hosted an Education Justice F ...
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Virginia Organizing community leaders from Lynchburg, Hampton, and Newport News were in Richmond on February 7, 2019 to talk to legislators!
Leaders of the Lynchburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing met with state Senator Steve Newman in Richmond today. They discussed problems with school suspensions. Delegate Lamont Bag ...
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