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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 – April 2025

    Leader of the Month – April 2025

    Terry "Bean" White - Norfolk Chapter Bean has been a member of the Norfolk Chapter for close to a decade, and has been a valuable participant in our local and statewide work. He fi ...

  • 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 ...

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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Featured Community Partner | POWHR

Featured Community Partner | POWHR

It's a place where great beauty and ugliness collide. It's a landscape of forests and mountains that is home to human and more-than-human creatures who have held it as sacred for ...

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Featured Community Partner | AMMD Pine Grove Project

Featured Community Partner | AMMD Pine Grove Project

The AMMD Pine Grove Project is a historic preservation initiative with a mission to “protect, restore, and repurpose the historic Rosenwald Pine Grove Elementary School” located i ...

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Featured Community Partner – Little Bluestem

Featured Community Partner – Little Bluestem

A Visit to Little Bluestem by Eric Olson-Getty, Director of Programs Our day started with a pinch of dried tobacco sprinkled gently on the forest floor. I had never done anything ...

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Environmental Justice in the News

Environmental Justice in the News

Executive Director Brian Johns recently published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times about the difficulty of getting environmental justice legislation passed in the General Assembly. B ...

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Environmental Justice Town Hall with U.S. Rep. Don McEachin

Environmental Justice Town Hall with U.S. Rep. Don McEachin

On March 25, Virginia Organizing leaders and partners from other environmental justice organizations discussed proposed legislation in Congress and issues their communities face. ...

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General Assembly Visits – Going Strong!

General Assembly Visits – Going Strong!

Several chapters have sent representatives to visit the General Assembly so far this session. Eastern Shore, Shenandoah Valley Chapters, Newport News, and Norfolk went earlier thi ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold Community Meeting to Improve Public Transportation

Virginia Organizing to Hold Community Meeting to Improve Public Transportation

What: Community Meeting to demand better public transportation services in Newport News When: Saturday, September 14 at 1 p.m.  Where: Huntington Park, ac ...

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Community Members Gather to Demand Action on High Utility Bills

Community Members Gather to Demand Action on High Utility Bills

Martinsville, Va. — On Thursday, dozens of community members met at New College Institute to share their experiences with high utility bills and start developing so ...

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Virginia Organizing to Host Environmental Justice Week of Action in Martinsville and Henry County

Virginia Organizing to Host Environmental Justice Week of Action in Martinsville and Henry County

What: Community outreach blitz and community meeting to address high utility bills and clean energy When: July 29-August 2, 2019 Where: Henry County and Martinsville Martinsville, ...

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