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  • Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – June 2025

    Newport News/Hampton Chapter Update – June 2025

    Have a sun-sational summer with your Peninsula chapter and join us for our upcoming events in Newport News and Hampton! We're moving the needle on local issues like housing, educat ...

  • Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Leader of the Month – May 2025

    Dreame Boyd - Richmond Chapter Dreame is an active and contributing member to the Richmond Chapter and the statewide Housing Strategy Committee. She has participated in several wor ...

  • Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    Featured Community Partner | Preserve Giles County

    This month, we are highlighting the Preserve Giles County as our Featured Partner. This article is a repost from September 2022. Preserve Giles County is currently involved with op ...

  • Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    Keeping Communities Safe in Halifax/South Boston

    On May 12, our Halifax/South Boston Chapter held a Day Without Child Care event that recognized the importance of child care and early childhood education for parents, providers, a ...

There’s another scandal in American health care

There’s another scandal in American health care

The investigation is ongoing, but as of now, it looks like overwhelmed VA hospitals shunted some veterans onto secret wait lists and delayed their care (read Vox's explainer here) ...

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Study: One in Three Virginia Children Lives in or Near Poverty

Study: One in Three Virginia Children Lives in or Near Poverty

Published by The Daily Progress on May 22, 2014By Derek QuizonOne in three children in Virginia is living in poverty or near-poverty, according to a study from the University of V ...

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Medicaid: State Legislature Urged to do the Right Thing

Medicaid: State Legislature Urged to do the Right Thing

Published on May 22, 2014 by the Free Lance-StarBy Sandra A. Cook and LeeAnn HallHouse Speaker William Howell is digging in his heels against accepting federal funds to expand hea ...

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Race Matters

Race Matters

Virginia ranked second-worst among all states for the number of vulnerable minorities who had to go without health care in the last year because of the high cost, according to a n ...

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Washington County Chapter Opposes Fracking

Washington County Chapter Opposes Fracking

Published by WJHL News Channel 11 on May 16, 2014 WASHINGTON COUNTY, VA (WJHL) - By Allie HInds, Reporter Some Southwest Virginia landowners say discussions detailing the possibil ...

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Virginia Organizing Responds to Rep. Cantor’s Latest Immigration Move

Virginia Organizing Responds to Rep. Cantor’s Latest Immigration Move

For Immediate Release: May 19, 2014Richmond, Va.—On May 16, U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor signaled his intent to block legislation that ...

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Landowners voicing concerns on proposed natural gas drilling

Landowners voicing concerns on proposed natural gas drilling

Published by Bristol Herald Courier on May 9, 2014 By ALLIE ROBINSON GIBSON | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Va. — Some landowners whose properties lie in the proposed natural ga ...

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Virginia Organizing Shows Support for Medicaid Expansion in Portsmouth

Virginia Organizing Shows Support for Medicaid Expansion in Portsmouth

The South Hampton Roads Chapter of Virginia Organizing and other Portsmouth community members showed up to support Medicaid expansion at Virginia Senator Louise Lucas' town hall m ...

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Community Members Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion

Community Members Gather to Support Medicaid Expansion

For Immediate Release: May 13, 2014What: Rally to support Medicaid expansion When: Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Portsmouth City Hall (801 Crawfor ...

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Virginia Organizing to Register Eligible Voters During Neighborhood Canvass

Virginia Organizing to Register Eligible Voters During Neighborhood Canvass

For Immediate Release: May 9, 2014What: Voter registration drive and neighborhood canvass When: Saturday, May 10 at 1 p.m. Where: Canvassers will meet at ...

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