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  • 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 ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    This month, we are highlighting the Preserve Giles County as our Featured Partner. This article is a repost from September 2022. Preserve Giles County is currently involved with op ...

  • Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    On May 12, our Halifax/South Boston Chapter held a Day Without Child Care event that recognized the importance of child care and early childhood education for parents, providers, a ...

What is RGGI?

What is RGGI?

(Scroll to the bottom for the comment link and directions.) In 2020, Virginia joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) through the passage of the Clean Energy and Comm ...

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Norfolk Virginia Organizing Chapter Secures Concrete Changes to Benefit People with Disabilities

Norfolk Virginia Organizing Chapter Secures Concrete Changes to Benefit People with Disabilities

Norfolk, Va. – The Norfolk Chapter of Virginia Organizing and disability rights advocates celebrate a win today, as changes to accessibility are happening in the city of Norf ...

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Richmond Housing Win!

Richmond Housing Win!

Richmond City Council has agreed to create a rental inspection program after the Richmond Chapter spent months lifting the voices of Forestbrooke Apartment tenants who live in dan ...

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First Gender Justice Workshop!

First Gender Justice Workshop!

Over the weekend, 40 members of Virginia Organizing met in Harrisonburg for our first workshop on dismantling patriarchy and working toward gender justice. Over the three days, pa ...

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Virginia Organizing Calls for the Supreme Court to Overturn Fifth Circuit’s Radically Pro-Corporate Attack On The CFPB

Virginia Organizing Calls for the Supreme Court to Overturn Fifth Circuit’s Radically Pro-Corporate Attack On The CFPB

Richmond, Va.—After the Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case in which the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals attacked the funding mechanism of the Consumer Financial ...

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ARTivism Virginia | Featured Community Partner

ARTivism Virginia | Featured Community Partner

A powerful movement needs artistic media that gives structure to the messages we carry and an outlet for the emotions we wish to convey. Media that inspires and motivates and teac ...

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Legislative Priorities 2023 (as of 2/6)

Legislative Priorities 2023 (as of 2/6)

School Funding We support Fund Our Schools’ priorities, including full funding for the revised Standards of Quality, increased wrap-around services, additional school support staf ...

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Housing Vigils in Waynesboro and Wytheville

Housing Vigils in Waynesboro and Wytheville

In partnership with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) and local faith communities, the Waynesboro and Wythe County Chapters held vigils and community forums ...

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What is Energy Burden?

What is Energy Burden?

To read a transcription of the text from this graphic, please click here. When people have to pay too much of their income for their electricity and heat, we call that energy ...

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