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  • #StoriesMatter – VO Medicaid Stories Video

    #StoriesMatter – VO Medicaid Stories Video

    We asked and our communities answered! Watch our video of our members sharing how Medicaid has impacted them. https://youtu.be/HoAxfv3ANvs?feature=shared ...

  • Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Dreame Boyd - Richmond Chapter Dreame is an active and contributing member to the Richmond Chapter and the statewide Housing Strategy Committee. She has participated in several wor ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Tour of Faith Mobile

    Featured Community Partner | Tour of Faith Mobile

    Tour of Faith Mobile collects and distributes free clothing and essential items to people experiencing poverty and homelessness in Charlottesville, VA. Founded by Letitia Curry-Sti ...

  • 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 ...

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients and Families: Delivering Culturally-Competent Care

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients and Families: Delivering Culturally-Competent Care

Check out this great presentation from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School on how to deliver culturally-competent care for deaf and hard of hearing patients and ...

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Put People Over Politics

Put People Over Politics

The 2016 Virginia General Assembly convened in Richmond on Wednesday. On the agenda this year are education, transportation, changes in election laws, and of course, Medicaid expa ...

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Study: Medicaid Coverage For Virginia Parents Would Help Children

Study: Medicaid Coverage For Virginia Parents Would Help Children

Published by Public News Service RICHMOND, Va. - By not expanding Medicaid to cover working poor adults, Virginia also is shortchanging thousands of children, according to a new s ...

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Interpretation and Health Care

Interpretation and Health Care

Some of our leaders found these videos and webinars from a VRI company, Stratus Video, in Florida. The webinars are very informative and inclusive of all perspectives- patient, pr ...

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Letter to the Editor: Deaf patients need special care

Letter to the Editor: Deaf patients need special care

Originally published in the NewsLeader For the past year I have followed the progress of House Bill 1956 regarding effective communication for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients in ...

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Most of those without Medicaid are the working poor

Most of those without Medicaid are the working poor

Published in USA Today They toil in America’s fast-food restaurants, call centers and retail stores — yet as many as five million Americans remain not only poor but also uninsured ...

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Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Check out this video to learn more about why accessibility in hospitals is so important! Video by Phil Dixon. https://youtu.be/LzNB_CQCMow   ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to Governor’s Proposed Budget

Virginia Organizing Responds to Governor’s Proposed Budget

Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter issued the following statement in response to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s 2016-2018 proposed budget: “Virgi ...

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Local Virginia Organizing Chapter to Hold Health Care Forum in Martinsville

Local Virginia Organizing Chapter to Hold Health Care Forum in Martinsville

What: Health care forum to provide information on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace and Medicaid expansion When: Tuesday, December 8 at 6 p.m. Where: American National Universit ...

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Building Power, Changing Lives: The Story of Virginia Organizing Introduction

Building Power, Changing Lives: The Story of Virginia Organizing Introduction

This is an excerpt from Building Power, Changing Lives: The Story of Virginia Organizing. Click here to order your copy today! In the mid-1990s, Denise Smith was living in Southwe ...

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