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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 ...

Virginia Organizing to Host Virtual Roundtable on 55th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare to Urge More Robust Federal COVID-19 Relief

Virginia Organizing to Host Virtual Roundtable on 55th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare to Urge More Robust Federal COVID-19 Relief

What: Virtual roundtable with health care providers, patients, and community leaders When: Thursday, July 30 at 12:30 p.m. Where: Zoom; join by video (click here) or pho ...

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New COVID-19 Relief Proposal Falls Short for Families, Workers, and State and Local Budgets

New COVID-19 Relief Proposal Falls Short for Families, Workers, and State and Local Budgets

Richmond, Va. — Following the release of Senate Republicans’ COVID-19 relief package in Congress, Virginia Organizing Chairperson Del McWhorter released the followi ...

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CDC Director: Children of Color Will Be Disproportionately Affected

CDC Director: Children of Color Will Be Disproportionately Affected

Rebecca Klar of The Hill writes: Children of color will be disproportionately affected by school reopenings amid the coronavirus pandemic if  additional resources are not in place ...

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School Policing Snapshot

School Policing Snapshot

by Dr. Ruth Osorio, Ph.D. of the Norfolk Chapter To download a PDF of the full article (including Norfolk-specific information) click here. For the general Virginia version, click ...

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Critical Protections Passed Protecting Workers Against COVID-19

Critical Protections Passed Protecting Workers Against COVID-19

Emergency temporary standards mandate common-sense protections for Virginians in the workplace Richmond, VA— Today, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board acted to protect the ...

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Weekly Voter Registration Trainings

Weekly Voter Registration Trainings

For more information and supplemental materials or to register for the webinar, click here. ...

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Lynchburg Chapter calls for SROs to be removed from city schools

Lynchburg Chapter calls for SROs to be removed from city schools

On July 7, Pastor Reason Chandler and other leaders in the Lynchburg Chapter submitted comments to the Lynchburg School Board to ask that the schools eliminate the position of sch ...

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Seven Billionaires in Virginia See Net Worth Jump $5.2 Billion or 12.7 Percent in First Three Months of COVID-19 Pandemic

Seven Billionaires in Virginia See Net Worth Jump $5.2 Billion or 12.7 Percent in First Three Months of COVID-19 Pandemic

Meanwhile State & Local Government Services Face Deep Cuts as Congress Stalls on New COVID-19 Financial Aid Package Washington—Virginia has seven billionaires who collectively ...

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Black Virginians Honored in 20 New Historical Highway Markers

Black Virginians Honored in 20 New Historical Highway Markers

On Juneteenth 2020, Governor Ralph Northam announced the content of "20 new state historical highway markers that address topics of national, state, and regional significance in V ...

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Juneteenth State Holiday!

Juneteenth State Holiday!

Image credit: AJ+ YouTube On June 16, 2020 Governor Ralph Northam announced that Juneteenth would be a paid holiday for state employees. He also announced that he would work on le ...

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