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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 ...

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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Federal judge strikes down Va. ban on gay marriage

Federal judge strikes down Va. ban on gay marriage

Pubished on February 13, 2014By Robert BarnesA federal judge in Norfolk struck down as unconstitutional Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage Thursday night, saying the c ...

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