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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 ...

Danville Virginia Organizing Speaks Out for Immigrants’ Rights at DCC

Danville Virginia Organizing Speaks Out for Immigrants’ Rights at DCC

Danville, VA- Danville residents held a campus tabling event collecting dozens of hand written postcards for immigrant rights on Tuesday at Danville Community College. The Danvill ...

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Health Care Spending Caps Will Protect Virginia Families From Catastrophic Medical Expenses

Health Care Spending Caps Will Protect Virginia Families From Catastrophic Medical Expenses

Hundreds of thousands of Virginians currently face the threat of catastrophic family health care expenses from serious, unexpected injuries or illnesses, such as accidents, sports ...

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Edd Houck is playing hardball with CSX; it’s about time

Edd Houck is playing hardball with CSX; it’s about time

The following editorial was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star on February 9, 2011.IT'S been over a year now since Mayfield residents acquired some disturbing new ...

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VIDEOS: UVA Virginia Organizing Chapter Lobbies at General Assembly

VIDEOS: UVA Virginia Organizing Chapter Lobbies at General Assembly

Although Charlottesville is not that far from Richmond, it can sometimes feel like it is miles away. While the Jefferson-designed buildings of the UVA campus strongly resemble his ...

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Barker: Reaching out to our Congressman

Barker: Reaching out to our Congressman

The follow letter to the editor was published in the Danvile Register and Bee on February 7, 2011.I write today to inform you and your readership about an awesome, smallscale even ...

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S. Hampton Roads Virginia Organizing Lobbies Legislators for Immigrant Rights

S. Hampton Roads Virginia Organizing Lobbies Legislators for Immigrant Rights

A delegation of Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake residents visited Richmond on Thursday for a day of lobbying their legislators for immigrants rights. The South Hampton Road ...

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Imagine being told, “Ooops, your foreclosure was a mistake.”

Imagine being told, “Ooops, your foreclosure was a mistake.”

Have you ever called your phone company, bank or mortgage company and been told something different by every single representative you spoke to?  Poor communications and misl ...

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Sen. Houck is taking on CSX on rail tank cars

Sen. Houck is taking on CSX on rail tank cars

The following letter to the editor was written by Virginia Organizing member Joe Katz and was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star on 2/4/11.I'm writing to thank sta ...

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VIDEO: Candace Graham Testifying on taking funds from health care and education for transportation.

VIDEO: Candace Graham Testifying on taking funds from health care and education for transportation.

A bill under consideration by the General Assembly, was killed on Friday that would have shifted millions of dollars of state funds away from services like health care and into tr ...

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Holding CSX Accountable in Fredericksburg

Holding CSX Accountable in Fredericksburg

The following blog post was first posted at Blue Virginia on January 28, 2011.The residents of Mayfield, a neighborhood near downtown Fredericksburg, have taken a major stand agai ...

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