Progress for School Fairness in Lynchburg
The Lynchburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing has been organizing for alternatives to school suspension for some time and their hard work is helping to make change happen! Last nig ...
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Virginia Organizing and Medicaid Expansion – the History
The University of Richmond's Public Interest Law Review has published its first issue of 2019, which includes an article written by Virginia Organizing's Director Brian Johns, Ros ...
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Top Ten of 2018!
With your help, we've done great work this year. There have been too many local campaigns to include them all in our top ten, but please see some highlights of the year below. You ...
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A new world for all of us!
Please join me in supporting Virginia Organizing. Your year-end donation will help us work to stop the evictions and create affordable housing in the City of Fredericksburg and th ...
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline and Virginia Organizing
I joined the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing two years ago because a friend of mine told me I could get help for my son there. He was suspended and threatened with expul ...
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Take action against Medicaid work requirements!
The long process of Virginia trying to add work requirements to Medicaid continues. The state has asked the federal government for permission to impose these conditions. Now we ha ...
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Don’t Let the Grinch Steal Christmas: Virginia Organizing to Hold Community Forum on Internet Payday Lending in Danville
What: Community forum to share stories and information about predatory car title, payday, and internet loans When: Monday, December 17 at 5:30-7 p.m. Where: Danville Public Librar ...
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Thousands have lost Medicaid in Arkansas because of Work Requirements
Many journalists have reported that the new work requirements in Arkansas have been a disaster for Medicaid recipients. More than 12,000 people have lost coverage, not because the ...
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Virginia Organizing Partners with Valley Justice Coalition for Criminal Justice Forum
What: Forum to present new community-police relations report as well as a review of Harrisonburg Police Department's Standard Operating Procedures. The forum will invite community ...
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Harrisonburg Community – Law Enforcement Relations Report November 2018
The Harrisonburg Chapter of Virginia Organizing partnered with Better Together/Mejores Juntos and Southerners on New Ground (SONG) in the development of a survey in order to inves ...
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