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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 ...

On expanding Medicaid: “Virginia’s money needs to stay in Virginia”

On expanding Medicaid: “Virginia’s money needs to stay in Virginia”

Published on The View From Peak's Knob. One of my hardworking colleagues just found out that her family’s health insurance premiums are about to go from about $250 to $1200 a mont ...

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Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services to Notify CHIP Recipients of Potential Loss of Benefits Due to Congressional Inaction

Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services to Notify CHIP Recipients of Potential Loss of Benefits Due to Congressional Inaction

Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe   RICHMOND – The Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) will begin notifying Virginia families ...

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Medicaid Expansion in the News

Medicaid Expansion in the News

Dear friends, Last week Virginia Organizing and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) held nine news conferences around the state, with faith leaders, members o ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold March in Support of the DREAM Act and Temporary Protective Status

Virginia Organizing to Hold March in Support of the DREAM Act and Temporary Protective Status

What: DREAM Act/TPS march! National Day of Action. Community members will assemble at City Hall to sign petitions and hear testimonies then march to Representative Bob Goodlatte's ...

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Tax ‘reform’ bill bad for little guy

Tax ‘reform’ bill bad for little guy

Published by Danville Register and Bee. To the editor: Wake up, taxpayers! The tax reform bill going through Congress isn’t right. It takes advantage of people like you and me and ...

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Faith Leaders Join Us to Call for Medicaid Expansion

Faith Leaders Join Us to Call for Medicaid Expansion

Virginia Organizing and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VICPP) would like to invite you to join us in calling for the General Assembly to expand Medicaid. Starti ...

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Moody’s Warns Cities to Address Climate Risks or Face Downgrades

Moody’s Warns Cities to Address Climate Risks or Face Downgrades

Published in Bloomberg. Coastal communities from Maine to California have been put on notice from one of the top credit rating agencies: Start preparing for climate change or risk ...

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Virginia Organizing and VICPP Hold Eleven Media Conferences to Call for Medicaid Expansion

Virginia Organizing and VICPP Hold Eleven Media Conferences to Call for Medicaid Expansion

What: Eleven Media Conferences around Virginia calling for legislators to expand Medicaid, presented by Virginia Organizing and the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy Wh ...

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Trans Day of Remembrance

Trans Day of Remembrance

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, when we honor the lives of those who have been killed in violence against transgender people. We also ask you to take action to protect the righ ...

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Governor McAuliffe Statement on Virginia Air Board Approval of Clean Energy Virginia Initiative

Governor McAuliffe Statement on Virginia Air Board Approval of Clean Energy Virginia Initiative

Governor Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today after the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted to approve regulations to limit carbon emissions from Virginia ...

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