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Don’t Let Politics Hijack Your School Board Forum

Don’t Let Politics Hijack Your School Board Forum

What: Community School Board Forum to inform Lee County Voters of Candidates' Vision and Priorities When: Tuesday, October 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. Where: Lee Theater ...

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RESCHEDULED: Virginia Organizing to Hold Press Conference on High Suspension Rates for the 2018 School Year

RESCHEDULED: Virginia Organizing to Hold Press Conference on High Suspension Rates for the 2018 School Year

What: Press Conference on High Suspension Rates in Norfolk Public Schools New Date: Wednesday, October 23 from 2 – 2:30 p.m. Where: Norfolk Public Sc ...

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Harrisonburg Rally for Lower Drug Prices Now!

Harrisonburg Rally for Lower Drug Prices Now!

The Harrisonburg Chapter held a rally on Thursday, October 10, 2019 outside Rep. Ben Cline's office. Chapter members want Rep. Cline to vote for H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now A ...

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Virginia Organizing to Rally outside Rep. Ben Cline’s Office in Harrisonburg for Lower Prescription Drug Prices

Virginia Organizing to Rally outside Rep. Ben Cline’s Office in Harrisonburg for Lower Prescription Drug Prices

What: Rally for Congress to Lower Prescription Drug Prices When: Thursday, October 10 at 12 p.m. (noon) Where: Rep. Ben Cline's Harrisonburg Office at 70 N. Mason S ...

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Hearne: Big Pharma puts a price on life

Hearne: Big Pharma puts a price on life

Originally published by The Roanoke Times.Joshua Hearne is a member of Virginia Organizing and the Spiritual Director of Grace and Main Fellowship in Danville For the last several ...

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UVA and the History of Race: When the KKK Flourished in Charlottesville

UVA and the History of Race: When the KKK Flourished in Charlottesville

UVA Today has been publishing an important series of articles about racism in UVA's history. The reason for the series is, from the article: "Editor’s note: Even an institution as ...

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Virginia Organizing: H.R. 3 Takes Major Step Toward Holding Big Pharma Accountable and Lowering Drug Prices for Virginia Families

Virginia Organizing: H.R. 3 Takes Major Step Toward Holding Big Pharma Accountable and Lowering Drug Prices for Virginia Families

Rocky Gap, Va.—Last week Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced a new proposal to curb prescription drug prices through negotiations, new penalties for non-compliant drug companies, and ...

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Ready to vote?

Ready to vote?

Time to register to vote! If you turn 18 by November 5, you can vote in this year’s election. Register before October 15. Absentee voting begins September 20! To apply for an abse ...

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Beauty in Diversity

Beauty in Diversity

2019 Summer intern Vallen Ellis has published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times about the importance of cultural awareness. From the article: "Growing up as a biracial woman in the Ap ...

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UVA and the “Lost Cause”

UVA and the “Lost Cause”

(Photo courtesy Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library) Professor Elizabeth Varon of the University of Virginia has published an important history of the Confederate ...

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