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Virginia Organizing is a member of the Climate Equity Working Group and the Virginia Environmental Justice Collaborative.

  • Leader of the Month – March 2025

    Leader of the Month – March 2025

    Kimberly Dyke-Harsley - Lynchburg Chapter Kimberly has been a wonderful contributing leader in the Lynchburg Chapter. Her involvement with VO has included giving the chapter accomp ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Charlottesville Tool Library

    Featured Community Partner | Charlottesville Tool Library

    This month, we are highlighting the Charlottesville Tool Library as our Featured Partner. This article is a repost from August 2022. ----------------------------------------------- ...

  • 2025 Legislative Priorities

    2025 Legislative Priorities

    The 2025 General Assembly session will be held from January 8, 2025 - February 22, 2025. With our collective power, we can amplify our voices and advocate for legislative ...

  • Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

    Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

    Do you want to reduce greenhouse gases and improve housing throughout Virginia? Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is requesting feedback on its Draft Priority Cl ...

What is RGGI?

What is RGGI?

(Scroll to the bottom for the comment link and directions.) In 2020, Virginia joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) through the passage of the Clean Energy and Comm ...

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ARTivism Virginia | Featured Community Partner

ARTivism Virginia | Featured Community Partner

A powerful movement needs artistic media that gives structure to the messages we carry and an outlet for the emotions we wish to convey. Media that inspires and motivates and teac ...

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What is Energy Burden?

What is Energy Burden?

To read a transcription of the text from this graphic, please click here. When people have to pay too much of their income for their electricity and heat, we call that energy ...

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Legislative Priorities (as of January 19, 2023)

Legislative Priorities (as of January 19, 2023)

School Funding We support Fund Our Schools’ priorities, including full funding for the revised Standards of Quality, increased wrap-around services, additional school support staf ...

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Day of Action for Affordable Energy

Day of Action for Affordable Energy

Join the 2023 Day of Action for Affordable Energy on Thursday, January 26th (8 a.m. - 12 p.m.) in Richmond, Virginia. Meeting with your elected officials face-to-fa ...

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Virginia Organizing’s 2023 Statewide Legislative Priorities

Virginia Organizing’s 2023 Statewide Legislative Priorities

Equitable School Funding We support Fund Our Schools’ priorities, including full funding for the revised Standards of Quality, increased wrap around services, additional school su ...

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The Clinch Coalition | Featured Community Partner

The Clinch Coalition | Featured Community Partner

Nigerian afrobeat legend Fela Kuti had a hit song about water, entitled Water No Get Enemy. If it was easier to sing along to it might be an anthem for today’s water protectors he ...

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Town Hall on Access to Utilities

Town Hall on Access to Utilities

Do you want utilities to be affordable and accessible? Virginia should ensure access to essential utilities — especially for socially and medically vulnerable people — and make it ...

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Preserve Giles County | Featured Community Partner

Preserve Giles County | Featured Community Partner

“You can just take pictures for posterity.” That was the answer the citizens of the village of Newport, VA got when they asked how they were supposed to preserve the history of th ...

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Action alert! Protect Pine Grove from a Landfill

Action alert! Protect Pine Grove from a Landfill

Dear Pine Grove Community Members, Partners, and Allies,  Please make a public comment on behalf of the historic Black Pine Grove Community in rural Cumberland County, Virgin ...

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