It’s Shark Week at the General Assembly!
Guess who's having the best week ever at the General Assembly?Predatory lending sharks!The last of several good bills to address the scourge of predatory lending in Virginia j ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing on House Vote for HB9
RICHMOND-HB 9, one of many voter suppression bills this General Assembly session, passed the Virgina House of Delegates today. Virginia Organizing gave the following statement on ...
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Scher: Former RN on the Virginia Health Benefits Exchange
On January 25, former Anthem nurse and member of the Virginia Organizing Health Care Committee testified in front of the special Senate Health Insurance Subcommitte. He spoke out ...
Read More »General Assembly Update
If you have spent any time at the Virginia General Assembly you have probably run into Virginia Organizing’s Legislative Director, Ben Greenberg. Ben can be found in the hal ...
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Downie: The State of our Union’s Electoral Vote
Tonight millions of Americans will tune in for the State of the Union address. It seems like an appropriate time to take a look at how we elected our Presidents. The Constitution ...
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Suslick: Is Virginia’s grand larceny threshold 1980s retro?
In 2008, the Virginia Crime Commission did a study about the felony larceny (“grand larceny”) threshold. It found that Virginia is one of only two states (with NJ) tha ...
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Meet Betti
Hi, I'm Betti. I came over to the U.S. from Hungary and am working with Virignia Organizing to get more experience in community organizing. Back in my home co ...
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Day One of Virginia General Assembly: We are Virginia Action
Nearly 80 people gathered in front of the Virginia General Assembly this morning to protest undue influence of corporations on our democracy and to call on the General Assembly ju ...
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Virginia Organizing Top Ten of 2011
As you can see from the Top Ten list below, we had a great 2011 and were able to engage more Virginians than ever in the fight for social and economic justice. We know that 2 ...
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VIDEO Debut: Together We Are Virginia Organizing
This year has been incredible for Virginia Organizing.Instead of writing a manuscript about this year’s victories, I’d like you to meet some of many the people w ...
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