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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 ...

Freedom Riders for Voting Rights and the Caravan for Democracy will hold a rally in Richmond, Virginia

Freedom Riders for Voting Rights and the Caravan for Democracy will hold a rally in Richmond, Virginia

For immediate release: March 11, 2014Freedom Riders for Voting Rights and the Caravan for Democracy will hold a rally in Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, March 12 - 9 am to 10 am ...

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Equality Virginia Names OUTstanding Virginians

Equality Virginia Names OUTstanding Virginians

Published March 11, 2014Awardees will be honored for representing Virginia's LGBT community with distinction in their respective fieldsBy John RileyEquality Virginia, the comm ...

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Spotsylvania Mural Under Scrutiny

Spotsylvania Mural Under Scrutiny

Published March 9, 2014BY JEFF BRANSCOME / THE FREE LANCE–STARSpotsylvania County may expand a mural in its main government building in response to criticism of the piece ...

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Cville Doctor Fasts in Protest of Government Stalemate over Medicaid

Cville Doctor Fasts in Protest of Government Stalemate over Medicaid

Published March 6, 2014Click here to see full video.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (WVIR) -Lawmakers aren't the only ones fed up with the political stalemate over Medicaid expansion in V ...

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Obama Budget Would Extend EITC’s Pro-Work Success to Childless Workers

Obama Budget Would Extend EITC’s Pro-Work Success to Childless Workers

Published March 4, 2014Posted by: Chuck MarrUpdate, March 4:  We’ve just updated our in-depth analysis of recent proposals to strengthen the EITC for chi ...

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New Virginia Trust Fund Would Pay For Closing Coverage Gap Through 2050

New Virginia Trust Fund Would Pay For Closing Coverage Gap Through 2050

Published on March 5, 2014RICHMOND, VA - Investing budget savings from accepting federal dollars to close the coverage gap could pay for expanded coverage for the next 35 yea ...

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Personal Stories Regarding The Medicaid Gap

Personal Stories Regarding The Medicaid Gap

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Jewish Immigration Advocates Push Eric Cantor To Support Broad Reforms

Jewish Immigration Advocates Push Eric Cantor To Support Broad Reforms

Published Friday, February 21, 2014Top GOP Jew Skips Hometown Event in RichmondBy Nathan Guttmann.Eric Cantor, Top GOP Jew, Changes Tune on ImmigrationThe organized Jewish communi ...

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Coming to America: Stories of Immigration from Richmond’s Jewish Community

Coming to America: Stories of Immigration from Richmond’s Jewish Community

Published on Feb 17, 2014Clips from a panel discussion at the Weinstein JCC in Richmond, Virginia on Sunday, February 16, 2014.We celebrated Richmond's Jewish community ...

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Consider Medicaid’s Mental Health Role

Consider Medicaid’s Mental Health Role

Published February 15, 2014I have been following with great interest the public debate in this session of the General Assembly and throughout Virginia regarding the choice to expa ...

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