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  • Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Leader of the Month – August 2025

    Janice "Jay" Johnson - Newport News/Hampton Chapter Jay Johnson has been a torchbearer of Virginia Organizing for 30 years. She was a founding member of the State Governing Board, ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Nature Connection Lab

    Featured Community Partner | Nature Connection Lab

    Human societies evolved in tight communities intertwined with and nurtured by the unique landscapes where they found themselves, and the idea that there is something out there call ...

  • New River Valley Field Day Fundraiser

    New River Valley Field Day Fundraiser

    New River Valley Field Day FundraiserSaturday, October 11, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.Eastern Montgomery Park5003 Enterprise Dr., Elliston, VA 24087 Virginia Organizing New River Valley invit ...

  • Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – September 2025

    Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – September 2025

    Keep calm and cider on with your Peninsula Chapter this fall!  May you and your family be well as the fall season begins. Carve out some time with your Peninsula Chapter! This ...

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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Virginia Organizing to Hold Community Meeting to Improve Public Transportation

Virginia Organizing to Hold Community Meeting to Improve Public Transportation

What: Community Meeting to demand better public transportation services in Newport News When: Saturday, September 14 at 1 p.m.  Where: Huntington Park, ac ...

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