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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 ...

Lynchburg Schools and Community Conversations

Lynchburg Schools and Community Conversations

Recently, Lynchburg chapter leader Phil Stump was interviewed by Liz Ramos of the Lynchburg News & Advance when she covered the turnout issues the city schools have encountere ...

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Another Step Forward in the Lynchburg School Volunteer Campaign

Another Step Forward in the Lynchburg School Volunteer Campaign

On Tuesday, June 3, Virginia Organizing Lynchburg Chapter members Robert Flood and Solveig Kjeseth spoke at the Lynchburg School Board meeting about the restrictive policy that ke ...

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Update: We Met with the Governor

Update: We Met with the Governor

As you know, after Governor Ralph Northam announced that he was not going to resign, Virginia Organizing called for him to meet with us and take steps to dismantle institutional r ...

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Governor Northam Announces Process to Reinstate Suspended Driver’s Licenses to Begin July 1

Governor Northam Announces Process to Reinstate Suspended Driver’s Licenses to Begin July 1

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles preparing to send letters to eligible Virginians with specific instructions to obtain driver’s licenses RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today ...

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Take Action on Immigration!

Take Action on Immigration!

Please help us with two national immigration issues that could have an impact on thousands of people: Ken Cuccinelli has been named as the president’s most likely candidate to tak ...

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Virginia Organizing to Picket and Speak at Norfolk School Board Meeting

Virginia Organizing to Picket and Speak at Norfolk School Board Meeting

What: School Board Meeting Rally When: Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 6 – 9 p.m. Where: Norfolk Public Schools Administration Building, 800 City Hall Ave., Norfolk, VA 23510 Norfolk, Va ...

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Take Action: Keep the CFPB Honest

Take Action: Keep the CFPB Honest

  There’s something you can do to celebrate workers this month. Write to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to urge them to continue to regulate the payday lendi ...

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The best role models imaginable

The best role models imaginable

Leader Libby Fitzgerald of the Lynchburg Chapter wrote a wonderful letter to the Lynchburg News & Advance in support of returning citizens being allowed to volunteer in local ...

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Environmental Justice 101 Workshop

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

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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