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  • Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Janice "Jay" Johnson - Newport News/Hampton Chapter Jay Johnson has been a torchbearer of Virginia Organizing for 30 years. She was a founding member of the State Governing Board, ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Nature Connection Lab

    Featured Community Partner | Nature Connection Lab

    Human societies evolved in tight communities intertwined with and nurtured by the unique landscapes where they found themselves, and the idea that there is something out there call ...

  • New River Valley Field Day Fundraiser

    New River Valley Field Day Fundraiser

    New River Valley Field Day FundraiserSaturday, October 11, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.Eastern Montgomery Park5003 Enterprise Dr., Elliston, VA 24087 Virginia Organizing New River Valley invit ...

  • Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – September 2025

    Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – September 2025

    Keep calm and cider on with your Peninsula Chapter this fall!  May you and your family be well as the fall season begins. Carve out some time with your Peninsula Chapter! This ...

Talk to your family members about health insurance!

Talk to your family members about health insurance!

Did you know that health care reform means people without insurance can start enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace on October 1? Virginia Organizing wants to make su ...

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Domestic Violence Victim Killed By Boyfriend After ICE Ignored Her Pleas For Protection And Deported Her

Domestic Violence Victim Killed By Boyfriend After ICE Ignored Her Pleas For Protection And Deported Her

How important is immigration reform to the lives of real people? Read on to find out...By Esther Yu-Hsi Leehttp://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/06/25/2201451/sent-back-to-mex ...

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Supreme Court Throws Out Federal Defense of Marriage Act, Elevating Rights of Same-Sex Couples

Supreme Court Throws Out Federal Defense of Marriage Act, Elevating Rights of Same-Sex Couples

By Stephen Rosenfeldhttp://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/scotus-throws-out-domaIn the first of two highly anticipated same-sex marriage cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled th ...

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Study Shows Bipartisan Senate Immigration Bill Will Decrease National Deficit, Boost Virginia’s Economy

Study Shows Bipartisan Senate Immigration Bill Will Decrease National Deficit, Boost Virginia’s Economy

Petersburg, Va.—The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Tuesday, June 18 showing the bipartisan Senate immigration bill will decrease the federal deficit ...

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Action Alert: MIRC Meets Monday!

Action Alert: MIRC Meets Monday!

Next week, the Medicaid Innovation and Reform Commission (MIRC) is planning to meet. As you know, this commission is tasked with ensuring that certain reforms to Medicaid are met ...

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Senate votes to begin historic immigration reform debate

Senate votes to begin historic immigration reform debate

By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC NewsFull story: http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/11/18902366-senate-votes-to-begin-historic-immigration-reform-debate?chrome ...

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The America We Want: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now

The America We Want: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now

By Rhonda MiskaCrossposted from: http://millennialjournal.com/2013/06/05/the-america-we-want-comprehensive-immigration-reform-now/The Daily Progress ran a photo of a six ...

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Expand Medicaid, save money, lives

Expand Medicaid, save money, lives

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/06/expand-medicaid-save-money-lives  The Virginian-Pilot© June 6, 2013The folly of failing to expand Medicaid, as outlined in the ...

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Austerity is Dead

Austerity is Dead

More and more, people are starting to agree with what we have known all along—austerity measures (when we use a “cuts-only” approach to budgeting) are hurting ou ...

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Chapters Across the State Deliver Constituent Messages to U.S. Senate Offices

Chapters Across the State Deliver Constituent Messages to U.S. Senate Offices

 Virginia Organizing delivered hundreds of letters, postcards, and other messages from constituents to four of U.S. Senator Mark Warner’s state offices and U.S. Senator ...

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