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Anti Discrimination Overview

Anti Discrimination Overview

 We believe that all people should be treated fairly and with dignity in all aspects of life, regardless of race, class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, ability or ...

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Paycheck Fairness Act Fails Senate

Paycheck Fairness Act Fails Senate

 By Ed O'Keefe, The Washington PostJune 5, 2012http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/paycheck-fairness-act-fails-in-the-senate-as-expected/2012/06/05/gJQATX4 ...

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Tackling 287g: Group Seeks to Change Controversial Law

Tackling 287g: Group Seeks to Change Controversial Law

Doug Manners May 21, 2012 Representatives of Virginia Organizing are canvassing the Harrisonburg area on a “listening project” to gather input and stories from the Latino communit ...

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Non-Profit Fights for Valley Families Facing Deportation

Non-Profit Fights for Valley Families Facing Deportation

http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/Non-Profit_Fights_for_Valley_Families_Facing_Deportation_152177275.html Employees and volunteers with non-profit Virginia Organizing reached out ...

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Restoring voting rights is the right thing to do

Restoring voting rights is the right thing to do

May. 8, 2012http://www.newsleader.com/article/20120508/OPINION01/205080305/1014/rss03For many of them, it was a foolish decision made when they were 18 or 19. It could have been s ...

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VMSA UPDATE #32   May 1, 2012

VMSA UPDATE #32 May 1, 2012

WHAT’S NEXT FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM:  Many people are waiting for the Supreme Court ruling on health care reform, which is expected in late June.  It is good to see ...

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Over $16 Million Heading to Virginia Community Health Centers

Over $16 Million Heading to Virginia Community Health Centers

Public News Service-VA http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26196-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService  Twitter: @pns_news  ...

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Call on Senator Warner and Senator Webb to PROTECT and STRENGTHEN Social Security

Call on Senator Warner and Senator Webb to PROTECT and STRENGTHEN Social Security

Yesterday, the Social Security Trustees released their annual report on the financial status of Social Security.  You’ve probably already seen lots of press coverage ab ...

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Ask Senator Warner for a Budget that Protects Basic Services, not Tax Breaks for the Wealthy

Ask Senator Warner for a Budget that Protects Basic Services, not Tax Breaks for the Wealthy

In a close vote, the U.S. Senate failed to pass the Buffett Rule, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that would have required millionaires to pay at least the same tax rate as ...

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Martinsville Chapter Denounces Hurt’s Support of Ryan Budget

Martinsville Chapter Denounces Hurt’s Support of Ryan Budget

Martinsville, Va.— On Tuesday, April 17, a dozen members of the Martinsville chapter of Virginia Organizing rallied in front of the Workforce Center on Commonwealth Blvd. to ...

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