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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 ...

Virginia Organizing and Medicaid Expansion – the History

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!

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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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Virginia Organizing Calls on Governor Ralph Northam to Reinstate Air Pollution Control Board Members

Virginia Organizing Calls on Governor Ralph Northam to Reinstate Air Pollution Control Board Members

Charlottesville, Va.—The Governor's office has announced that it is removing two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board. These removals will prevent members who have exp ...

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