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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 ...

Care for our Earth: Preventing Water Scarcity

Care for our Earth: Preventing Water Scarcity

How careful are we in our use of one of the Earth's most precious resource, water? If we were to experience a high category hurricane where our drinkable water supply would no lon ...

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Most of those without Medicaid are the working poor

Most of those without Medicaid are the working poor

Published in USA Today They toil in America’s fast-food restaurants, call centers and retail stores — yet as many as five million Americans remain not only poor but also uninsured ...

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Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Virginia Organizing SAW Chapter Works with Local Deaf Community to Increase Accessibility at Local Hospitals

Check out this video to learn more about why accessibility in hospitals is so important! Video by Phil Dixon. https://youtu.be/LzNB_CQCMow   ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to Governor’s Proposed Budget

Virginia Organizing Responds to Governor’s Proposed Budget

Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter issued the following statement in response to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s 2016-2018 proposed budget: “Virgi ...

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Your Federal Student Loans Just Got Easier to REPAYE

Your Federal Student Loans Just Got Easier to REPAYE

This article was published on Homeroom, the official blog of the Department of Education Beginning today, Federal Direct Loan borrowers can take advantage of a new repayment plan: ...

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Danville Police Expand Citizen Complaint Program

Danville Police Expand Citizen Complaint Program

Originally posted on The Danville Register & Bee. Members of both the Danville Police Department and Virginia Organizing announced expansions in availability of citizen compla ...

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Chief Broadfoot and Virginia Organizing Hold Media Conference to Highlight Citizen Complaint Procedure

Chief Broadfoot and Virginia Organizing Hold Media Conference to Highlight Citizen Complaint Procedure

What: Joint press conference to highlight the availability of the City of Danville Police Department citizen complaint forms When: Wednesday, December 9 at 11:30 a.m. Where: Green ...

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End tax breaks for big corporations

End tax breaks for big corporations

Our friends at Americans for Tax Fairness recently sent out an email to let us know that Congress is negotiating a huge package of mostly corporate tax breaks that have expired—ba ...

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Local Virginia Organizing Chapter to Hold Health Care Forum in Martinsville

Local Virginia Organizing Chapter to Hold Health Care Forum in Martinsville

What: Health care forum to provide information on the Affordable Care Act Marketplace and Medicaid expansion When: Tuesday, December 8 at 6 p.m. Where: American National Universit ...

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Virginia Groups Want Stronger Safeguards on Fracking

Virginia Groups Want Stronger Safeguards on Fracking

Originally published by WSLS. Environmental and public interest groups are urging officials to halt any new fracking efforts in Virginia until they complete a thorough review of t ...

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