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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 Partners with Harrisonburg Department of Social Services to Hold Health Care Forum on New Coverage

Virginia Organizing Partners with Harrisonburg Department of Social Services to Hold Health Care Forum on New Coverage

What: Forum to answer questions about new coverage available January 1 When: Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. Where: 110 N. Mason Street, Harrisonburg VA 22802 (Harrisonbu ...

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Health Care is Voters’ Top Issue in Last Election

Health Care is Voters’ Top Issue in Last Election

  In the mid-term elections of 2018, concerns about health care had a noticeable effect on the results. Across the United States, as well as in Virginia, voters chose health ...

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Sign up Now for Health Care!

Sign up Now for Health Care!

Enrollment is open for the new expanded health care coverage for adults in Virginia at CoverVA.org. Virginia's New Health Coverage for Adults More adults in Virginia now have acce ...

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Comment on New Public Charge Rule

Comment on New Public Charge Rule

Thanks for your work on this issue. The comment period is now closed. Virginia Organizing’s Comment Virginia Organizing strongly urges the Dept. of Homeland Security to desist fro ...

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Dr. Jay Brock’s Speech about Congress’s Proposed Tax and Spending Cuts

Dr. Jay Brock’s Speech about Congress’s Proposed Tax and Spending Cuts

(Editor's note: Dr. Brock delivered this speech at Virginia Organizing's media conference in Fredericksburg, where leaders asked Representative Rob Wittman to vote against more ta ...

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Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA

Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA

Please share this flyer with friends all over Virginia! Help End the Legacy of Slavery at UVA.   From the flyer: Tell UVA President Jim Ryan that the University of Virginia m ...

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Connect with your transgender and allied neighbors at TIES!

Connect with your transgender and allied neighbors at TIES!

Join us for the 5th annual TIES! This year at a new location! TIES brings hundreds of folks together for a conference designed to meet the interests and needs of transgender indiv ...

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Medicaid Expansion Celebrations!

Medicaid Expansion Celebrations!

We held nine celebrations around the Commonwealth after the General Assembly voted to expand Medicaid in their special budget session this spring. We also plan to spread the word ...

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Jackson: Farm bill hurts some families

Jackson: Farm bill hurts some families

Published by The Roanoke Times. Jackson is a leader in the Danville Chapter of Virginia Organizing and a member of Virginia Organizing’s State Governing Board. As we approach the ...

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Coastal Flooding Report

Coastal Flooding Report

From the report in DelMarvaNow. Thousands of homes in Accomack County and the Hampton Roads area of Virginia are at risk of tidal flooding by 2045 due to sea level rise, according ...

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