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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 ...

Group sends a Medicaid message

Group sends a Medicaid message

 BY PAMELA GOULD / THE FREE LANCE-STARJune 30, 2014Former Fredericksburg Mayor Lawrence Davies carried a poster-board sign as he joined about 80 people Sunday morning in a si ...

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Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid

Virginia Organizing holds march in Fredericksburg for Medicaid

June 29th, 2014, 12:47 pmFredericksburg.comAbout 80 people showed up in Fredericksburg this morning to march across the Falmouth Bridge to House Speaker Bill Howell’s office ...

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Guest Commentary: Let’s Lead on Paid Leave

Guest Commentary: Let’s Lead on Paid Leave

Published by the Times of Northwest Indiana on June 27, 2014by Thomas PerezForty years ago this weekend, my father died of a heart attack at age 52. I was 12, so as time goes by I ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to Rep. Goodlatte’s Committee Hearing

Virginia Organizing Responds to Rep. Goodlatte’s Committee Hearing

Roanoke, Va.—On behalf of Virginia Organizing, Janice “Jay” Johnson responded to U.S. Representative and House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte’s committ ...

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Statement of Governor Terence McAuliffe on 2015-2016 Budget Actions

Statement of Governor Terence McAuliffe on 2015-2016 Budget Actions

Posted on Governor McAuliffe's website on June 20, 2014.Good Morning.Over the past six days, my finance team and I have carefully reviewed the Biennial Budget that was transmi ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Medicaid Expansion Moving Forward!

BREAKING NEWS: Medicaid Expansion Moving Forward!

Today, we have terrific news to share!We are very excited with Governor Terry McAuliffe’s decision to line-item veto the obstacles in the budget that legislators put in his ...

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Medicaid Expansion “Good” for Va. Budget, Healthcare System

Medicaid Expansion “Good” for Va. Budget, Healthcare System

Published by the Public News Service on June 20, 2014by Dan HeymanRICHMOND, Va. - As the fight over Medicaid expansion continues, budget numbers from around the nation sugges ...

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Criminal box to be dropped on city job application

Criminal box to be dropped on city job application

Published by The Danville Register and Bee on Wednesday June 18, 2014. By Denice Thibodea Danville City Council chambers erupted into applause near the end of its Tuesda ...

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Virginia Organizing Condemns General Assembly’s Budget That Denies Health Care Coverage to 400,000 Virginians

Virginia Organizing Condemns General Assembly’s Budget That Denies Health Care Coverage to 400,000 Virginians

Petersburg, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook released the following statement after the General Assembly passed a budget that actively denies Medicaid expa ...

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Medicaid Expansion is NOT Dead

Medicaid Expansion is NOT Dead

As you may have heard by now, the General Assembly passed a budget that failed to include Medicaid expansion and requires legislative approval before expansion can begin.  ...

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