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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 ...

Did you get your unemployment yet?

Did you get your unemployment yet?

Virginia's unemployment system is the slowest in the United States.  Unemployment insurance is supposed to be emergency aid. If there’s an issue with someone’s claim, it ...

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Virginia Organizing Reacts to President Biden’s Speech, Urges Prescription Drug Reform

Virginia Organizing Reacts to President Biden’s Speech, Urges Prescription Drug Reform

Richmond, Va. — Following President Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress outlining his new American Families Plan, Ladelle McWhorter, chairperson of Virginia Organizing, ...

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Environmental Justice in the News

Environmental Justice in the News

Executive Director Brian Johns recently published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times about the difficulty of getting environmental justice legislation passed in the General Assembly. B ...

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Virginia Organizing to hold car rally at Middle River Regional Jail to call on five local jurisdictions to vote no on proposed jail expansion.

Virginia Organizing to hold car rally at Middle River Regional Jail to call on five local jurisdictions to vote no on proposed jail expansion.

What: Rally with testimonies from people directly impacted by local incarceration practices and will feature a virtual interactive art activity by a local arti ...

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Environmental Justice Town Hall with U.S. Rep. Don McEachin

Environmental Justice Town Hall with U.S. Rep. Don McEachin

On March 25, Virginia Organizing leaders and partners from other environmental justice organizations discussed proposed legislation in Congress and issues their communities face. ...

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Transit Win in the New River Valley!

Transit Win in the New River Valley!

Dustin represented Virginia Organizing in D.C. in 2018. At the beginning of 2021, members of the New River Valley Chapter convinced Blacksburg Transit to bring back bus service ne ...

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Virginia Organizing Celebrates Revised MOU between Norfolk Public Schools and the Norfolk Police Department

Virginia Organizing Celebrates Revised MOU between Norfolk Public Schools and the Norfolk Police Department

Norfolk, Va.— Virginia Organizing members, parents, workers, and community have opposed the use of armed police officers in Norfolk Public Schools. Research shows that SROs d ...

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Letter: Paid sick leave is an important benefit to all Virginians

Letter: Paid sick leave is an important benefit to all Virginians

The Fairfax County Times published this letter from Dr. Rommaan Ahmad on December 11, 2020 making the case for paid sick leave throughout the Commonwealth. Virginia Organizing is ...

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A Short History of Resistance to Confederate Monuments

A Short History of Resistance to Confederate Monuments

Denise M. Watson of the Virginian-Pilot has published this important retrospective: "The racial reckoning with Confederate monuments dates back more than a century." From the arti ...

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Virginia Organizing Releases Student/Parent Bill of Rights

Virginia Organizing Releases Student/Parent Bill of Rights

Richmond, Va.—The Richmond Chapter of Virginia Organizing has released a “Student/Parent Bill of Rights” to guide students, parents, and other caregivers as they navigate challeng ...

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