Chapter Updates November 2023

November 07, 2023(0) Comments

We attended Grassroots Gathering 2023 in Richmond! It was great to connect with other chapters and learn at the many workshops. We rallied in support of voting rights, demanding t ...

Join us for CLASS: Rural Organizing

August 04, 2023(0) Comments

For our Community Learning and Strategy Session (CLASS) on THURSDAY, September 7 at 7 p.m. on Zoom, we will be talking about Rural Organizing. Come learn about how organ ...

VACOLAO | Featured Community Partner

July 24, 2023(0) Comments

For Beatriz Ambermann of the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO), organizing for political power is about connection and community across time and space. Since 20 ...

July CLASS: Energy Justice 101

June 29, 2023(0) Comments

For our Community Learning and Strategy Session (CLASS) on THURSDAY, July 6 at 7 p.m. on Zoom, we will be talking about Energy Justice. Come learn about how our energy s ...

A National Independence Day

June 16, 2023(0) Comments

https://youtu.be/Ct3q8ewJ0WE Juneteenth is officially a national independence day. It is a federal holiday here in the United States of America. On this day, we commemorate t ...

Clio Schurtz | New River Valley Organizer

June 13, 2023(0) Comments

Clio joined Virginia Organizing as the New River Valley Organizer in June of 2023. She grew up in the Charlottesville area and graduated in May of 2023 from the University of Virg ...

Join us for CLASS in May: Why We Vote

April 25, 2023(0) Comments

For our next Community Learning and Strategy Session on May 2 at 7 p.m. on Zoom, we will discuss "Why we vote." Throughout our history, Virginia Organizing has worked to build pow ...

First Gender Justice Workshop!

February 28, 2023(0) Comments

Over the weekend, 40 members of Virginia Organizing met in Harrisonburg for our first workshop on dismantling patriarchy and working toward gender justice. Over the three days, pa ...

Lynchburg Chapter calls for SROs to be removed from city schools

July 03, 2020(0) Comments

On July 7, Pastor Reason Chandler and other leaders in the Lynchburg Chapter submitted comments to the Lynchburg School Board to ask that the schools eliminate the position of sch ...