Environmental Justice 101 Workshop
What can we do locally to fight climate change? Protect our air and water? Build a new economy?Join Virginia Organizing for an interactive workshop to explore the effects of clima ...
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Take Action: from Board Member Jay Johnson
On April 2, we held a press conference in Richmond to call on Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring to meet with us. It was covered in television news from Norf ...
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News & Advance: Public hearing focuses on raises, discipline at Lynchburg schools
The great work of the Lynchburg Chapter was recently featured in a News & Advance article by Liz Ramos: "Public hearing focuses on raises, discipline at Lynchburg schools." Fr ...
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Virginia Organizing to Hold Media Conference Calling on the Governor and Attorney General to Meet with Anti-Racist Organizations and Work to Dismantle Racism
What: Media conference with speakers from Virginia Organizing chapters around the Commonwealth When: Tuesday, April 2 at 11 a.m. Where: The Bell Tower, Capitol Grounds, Richmond, ...
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Happy Birthday, Affordable Care Act!
Nine years ago the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a monumental step forward in protecting access to affordable healthcare for up to 130 million Americans with preexisting co ...
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Virginia Organizing to Hold Health Care Forum on Expansion of Medicaid
What: Community health care forum When: Wednesday, March 20 at 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Where: Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Department of Social Services (110 N Mason St. Harrisonbur ...
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Susie Joiner and the Lynchburg School Board Action
WSET-TV covered Susie Joiner's comments on behalf of Virginia Organizing at the Lynchburg School Board meeting last week. Susie said, "We need to pull back the covers on this raci ...
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Virginia Organizing Thanks UVA and President Jim Ryan for Wage Increases
Charlottesville, Va. — On March 7, 2019, the University of Virginia announced that it would start paying full-time employees a living wage of $15/hour starting January 1, 2020. Vi ...
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UVA Announces Expansion of Living Wage for Full-time Employees!
On March 7, UVA Today announced that the University would begin on January 1, 2020 to pay all full-time employees a living wage of $15/hour. From the article: “As a University, we ...
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Virginia Organizing partners with NAACP to host an Education Justice Forum
Christiansburg, Va. — The New River Valley Chapter of Virginia Organizing and the Montgomery County - Radford City - Floyd County Branch of the NAACP hosted an Education Justice F ...
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