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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 ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Cville ID Team

    Featured Community Partner | Cville ID Team

    To be without an ID in the United States is to be illegible to the state, which can mean tumbling into a netherworld of nonexistence, locked out of basic services like jobs, housin ...

  • Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – June 2025

    Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – June 2025

    Have a sun-sational summer with your Peninsula chapter and join us for our upcoming events in Newport News and Hampton! We're moving the needle on local issues like housing, educat ...

  • 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 ...

Tell Delegate Landes to Expand Va. Medicaid

Tell Delegate Landes to Expand Va. Medicaid

By Rebecca FosterPublished in The Daily Progress, November 7, 2013The federal government is subsidizing the bill to expand Medicaid; expanding Medicaid will actually cost the stat ...

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Better Health = A Better Community

Better Health = A Better Community

By Pat YoungPublished in the Roanoke Times, November 7, 2013Healthy Roanoke Valley is a partnership of more than 50 public and private organizations, academic institutions, commun ...

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Respect, Not Amnesty, Is the Goal

Respect, Not Amnesty, Is the Goal

By Kiersten Rosetto Published in the Daily News Record on November 9, 2013 On Oct. 5, a group of around 200 people gathered at Court Square to celebrate The Na­tional Day of Digni ...

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47,000 Reasons to Expand Medicaid

47,000 Reasons to Expand Medicaid

Published by the Virginian-Pilot on November 7, 2013 The financial case for states to expand Medicaid, as provided through the 2010 Affordable Care Act, has been well established. ...

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Tomorrow’s the Day!

Tomorrow’s the Day!

Tomorrow is Election Day in Virginia! Make sure you go to the polls and help choose our next Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and the House of Delegates. In some j ...

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Maria Fornella: Tax fairness would allow us to invest again in our nation

Maria Fornella: Tax fairness would allow us to invest again in our nation

By Maria FornellaPublished in the Augusta Free Press on October 29, 2013Paying back taxes is one of the requirements for undocumented workers hoping to join the “p ...

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Food Stamp Cuts Kick In Today

Food Stamp Cuts Kick In Today

By: Alison BurnsFull article and audio can be found by clicking here. RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia families that are struggling financially will have less help affording fo ...

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Are You Election Ready?

Are You Election Ready?

Did you know that there is an election every single year in Virginia? On November 5, Virginians will head to the polls to elect a new Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney Gener ...

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New Paper Outlines Improvements to Social Security to Strengthen Economic Security of Women, Low-Income People, and Same-Sex Couples

New Paper Outlines Improvements to Social Security to Strengthen Economic Security of Women, Low-Income People, and Same-Sex Couples

(WASHINGTON)— Today, the Older Women’s Economic Security Taskforce (OWES) of the National Council of Women’s Organizations and the Center for Community Change re ...

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Group Escorted by Police Out of Rep. Cantor’s Office After Staff Refused to Schedule a Meeting

Group Escorted by Police Out of Rep. Cantor’s Office After Staff Refused to Schedule a Meeting

On Thursday, October 24, a group of leaders from Virginia Organizing, Casa in Action, and ACLU of Virginia were escorted by police out of U.S. Representative and House Majority Le ...

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