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  • 2024 Legislative Priorities

    2024 Legislative Priorities

    The 2024 General Assembly session begins Wednesday, January 10 and ends March 9. Our power as an organization is in the people who take action with us, and thanks to you we've buil ...

  • The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    On August 29, President Biden announced that Medicare has selected the first 10 medications that they will negotiate lower prices for. These negotiations were made possible by the ...

  • The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    In the fight against childhood cancer, children are noncombatants. That is the response of The Alyssa House Board Chair, Lynn Divers, to the more common conception of cancer treatm ...

  • Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Not all mental health care is created equal. For Myra Anderson of Brave Souls on Fire, nothing underlines that statement more than the ways Black people have experienced marginaliz ...

Seven Billionaires in Virginia See Net Worth Jump $5.2 Billion or 12.7 Percent in First Three Months of COVID-19 Pandemic

Seven Billionaires in Virginia See Net Worth Jump $5.2 Billion or 12.7 Percent in First Three Months of COVID-19 Pandemic

Meanwhile State & Local Government Services Face Deep Cuts as Congress Stalls on New COVID-19 Financial Aid Package Washington—Virginia has seven billionaires who collectively ...

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Virginia Organizing Hosts Tele-Townhall with Senator Tim Kaine on COVID Crisis and Emergency Relief

Virginia Organizing Hosts Tele-Townhall with Senator Tim Kaine on COVID Crisis and Emergency Relief

Newport News, Va. – Today Virginia Organizing held a tele-townhall featuring Senator Tim Kaine, Margarida Jorge of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), Jill Hanken of the ...

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Virginia Organizing and 100+ Public Officials Call for Congress to Direct Relief Funds to Community Priorities

Virginia Organizing and 100+ Public Officials Call for Congress to Direct Relief Funds to Community Priorities

Richmond, Va. – Today Virginia Organizing released a letter signed by over 100 current and former public officials from all areas of Virginia calling for "Reli ...

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Relief for All Virginians: Sign On Letter to Members of Congress

Relief for All Virginians: Sign On Letter to Members of Congress

More than 140 current and former public officials from every region of Virginia have signed this letter to our Congressional delegation. Dear Members of the Virginia Congressional ...

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Richmond Area Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Resource Guide

Richmond Area Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Resource Guide

The Richmond Chapter of Virginia Organizing has compiled this bilingual (English/ Spanish) resource guide for our local community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Please share and co ...

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Virginia Organizing Leaders Celebrate Affordable Care Act’s Upcoming 10th Anniversary

Virginia Organizing Leaders Celebrate Affordable Care Act’s Upcoming 10th Anniversary

Young people, senior citizens, and health care providers available for interviews about the benefits of the ACA  Charlottesville, Va.— In advance the Affordable Care Act's 10 ...

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HCAN: COVID-19 Bill Should Protect the Most Vulnerable, Not Strip People of Health Care

HCAN: COVID-19 Bill Should Protect the Most Vulnerable, Not Strip People of Health Care

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 20, 2020 Contact: Morgan Grogan, morgan.grogan@berlinrosen.com, 512-913-8875 COVID-19 Bill Should Protect the Most Vulnerable ...

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COVID-19 and Group Meetings of Virginia Organizing

COVID-19 and Group Meetings of Virginia Organizing

Out of concern for the health of all of our members, we have decided that all chapter meetings will now be held by conference call or online meeting. If you have any questions abo ...

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Virginia Organizing: State of the Union Speech Wrong on Health Care

Virginia Organizing: State of the Union Speech Wrong on Health Care

Richmond, Va. – In response to President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union speech, Virginia Organizing Chairperson Del McWhorter and leader Terry White, a guest of Senator ...

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