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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 ...

Virginia Organizing to Host Media Conference with Congressman Donald McEachin to Celebrate the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

Virginia Organizing to Host Media Conference with Congressman Donald McEachin to Celebrate the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

What: Press Conference to Educate the Community on the IRA and Celebrate its Passage When: Thursday, September 1 at 10 a.m. Where: Health Brigade, 1010 N Thompson St, Richmond, VA ...

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Featured Community Partner | Charlottesville Tool Library

Featured Community Partner | Charlottesville Tool Library

Have you ever dreamed up a repair or improvement project for your home or yard and then realized you’re missing tools you need to get it done? Maybe these are not tools that you w ...

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Climate Justice and the MVP: Why Should You Care

Climate Justice and the MVP: Why Should You Care

Climate Justice and the MVP: Why Should You Care? At Virginia Organizing, we are celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. It lowers medicine costs for seniors, make ...

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Virginia Organizing Celebrates Senate Passage of Inflation Reduction Act, Calls for Vigilance Against Backward Drilling and Pipeline Policies

Virginia Organizing Celebrates Senate Passage of Inflation Reduction Act, Calls for Vigilance Against Backward Drilling and Pipeline Policies

Richmond, Va. — After the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the U.S. Senate, Virginia Organizing Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter released the following state ...

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Virginia Organizing Calls for Congress to Pass Inflation Reduction Act on 57th Anniversary of Medicaid/Medicare

Virginia Organizing Calls for Congress to Pass Inflation Reduction Act on 57th Anniversary of Medicaid/Medicare

Priorities include spending on climate, lower drug prices, tax enforcement Richmond, Va.—In response to news that the Inflation Reduction Act may pass the Senate, Virginia Organiz ...

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Climate calls us to action

Climate calls us to action

I recently joined the staff of Virginia Organizing in a new position as the Climate Equity Policy Fellow. I hope to work with members statewide to lift up the issue of the climate ...

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Featured Community Partner | Living Energy Institute

Featured Community Partner | Living Energy Institute

Hear me out: houses built out of straw and mud. For everyone. In the near future. Oh, and let’s ditch the electric grid altogether. That is the pitch that Alexis Zeigler at Living ...

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Featured Community Partner | On the Level

Featured Community Partner | On the Level

The climate crisis is an “all hands on deck” kind of thing. We are in a historical moment that requires the political will for a massive collective response that will fundamentall ...

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Center for Sustainable Communities – Featured Community Partner

Center for Sustainable Communities – Featured Community Partner

Addressing the impacts of the climate crisis demands big solutions and big initiatives because the climate crisis is driven by big, systemic human behaviors. Grassroots resistance ...

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Featured Community Partner – Friends of Buckingham

Featured Community Partner – Friends of Buckingham

The citizens of rural Buckingham County are becoming experts on polluting industries, because they are living through a kind of double jeopardy: they helped defeat the Atlantic Co ...

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