Take action on the state budget!
The General Assembly will finish its 2019 session on Saturday. Right now conferees from the Senate and the House of Delegates are working together to produce a version of the budg ...
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Virginia Organizing community leaders from Lynchburg, Hampton, and Newport News were in Richmond on February 7, 2019 to talk to legislators!
Leaders of the Lynchburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing met with state Senator Steve Newman in Richmond today. They discussed problems with school suspensions. Delegate Lamont Bag ...
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Call to action after Virginia Organizing and other groups make presentations to Lynchburg School Board meeting on February 5
At the Lynchburg School Board on February 5, Virginia Organizing and other groups presented comments about the high rate of school suspensions and the policies that restrict forme ...
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Virginia Organizing Calls for Governor Northam’s Resignation
Charlottesville, Va.—On Saturday afternoon, the State Governing Board of Virginia Organizing called on Governor Ralph Northam to resign immediately following the release of a raci ...
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Time for UVA to Pay a Living Wage!
Virginia Organizing Board member Lily Hungarland recently wrote this letter to the Cavalier Daily about the poverty wages workers are paid at the University of Virginia. The lette ...
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Congratulations to Jill Hanken! Champion of Social Justice Award Winner
Jill Hanken of the Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) led the Healthcare for All Virginians Coalition (HAV) for many years. We appreciate her brilliant work to convince members of ...
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Leader Tyran Green Briefs Congressional Staff on Underfunding of IDEA
The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools hosted a briefing for U.S. House staffers on January 25, 2019, focused on their report, Confronting the Education Debt. The briefing highlight ...
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Brian Johns Named Coverage Health Advocate of the Year by Families USA
From Families USA on Monday, January 21, 2019: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Families USA announced that Brian Johns is the winner of its Coverage Consumer Health Advocate of the Year ...
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Letter: Time to rein in predatory lenders
Published by the Danville Register and Bee. Time to rein in predatory lenders To the editor: Recently, I attended a community forum about predatory lending organized by Virginia O ...
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Suspension Rates at Danville Public Schools Among Worst in State: One in Five K-12 Students Suspended
Danville, Va.—The Danville Chapter of Virginia Organizing is calling on the Danville Public Schools administration to address the suspensions crisis in city schools. In a recent r ...
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