Virginia Organizing Calendar of Events

Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline (Zoom Session)

Zoom

As a lot of national attention is being given to racist systems in our society, and with heightened attention to the opening of schools this fall, this will be an opportunity to learn more about the "school-to-prison pipeline." The school-to-prison pipeline is a process of criminalizing youth that is carried out by disciplinary policies and […]

COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY CANDIDATE FORUM

Charlottesville City Council Chambers 605 East Main Street, Charlottesville, VA, United States

VIRGINIA ORGANIZING TO HOLD CANDIDATE FORUM FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY What: Candidate Forum for Charlottesville Commonwealth Attorney When: Thursday, April 20 at 6:00 p.m. Where:  Charlottesville City Council Chambers (City Hall, 605 East Main Street) Jeff Fogel and Joe Platania, the two candidates for Charlottesville Commonwealth Attorney, will make short presentations and then answer questions […]

Event Series Voter Registration Training on Zoom

Voter Registration Training on Zoom

Do you know people who don't vote? To bring about the change we want to see in our communities, we have to make sure that everyone's voice is heard.  Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Virginia Organizing will be hosting voter registration training. Learn the step-by-step process of registering voters and restoring voting rights. We will also discuss the […]

Learn How Local Governments Work (Zoom session)

Zoom

This on-line session will explore how different forms of local government work (city manager versus mayor, for example), who makes decisions and how to influence them, local budgets and taxes, and government functions (such as fire protection, recreation, and more). We have to know how local governments work if we want to effectively organize to […]

Self-care and Community Care (Zoom workshop)

Zoom

Katie Mansfield (the lead trainer for the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program within Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding) defines resilience as healthy power in the midst of vulnerability and uncertainty. In this hour, she'll invite us to consider what's happening these days (in the world and in ourselves - […]

Event Series Voter Registration Training on Zoom

Voter Registration Training on Zoom

Do you know people who don't vote? To bring about the change we want to see in our communities, we have to make sure that everyone's voice is heard.  Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Virginia Organizing will be hosting voter registration training. Learn the step-by-step process of registering voters and restoring voting rights. We will also discuss the […]

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