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Power Analysis 2024

Power Analysis 2024

“We are the little engine that became a locomotive,” said Board member Jay Johnson. We were delighted to convene for our annual Power Analysis again this year in Massanetta Spring ...

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Youth Alliance for Housing | Featured Community Partner

Youth Alliance for Housing | Featured Community Partner

The Youth Alliance for Housing is a New York City-based collective of young people fighting to radically transform the housing system in the United States. While most efforts to t ...

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Take Action on Utility Shutoffs!

Take Action on Utility Shutoffs!

Thanks in part to the action you took, legislators passed HB 906 and SB 480 during this General Assembly session, stopping utilities from shutting off customers’ power, gas, and w ...

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“Sign the bills!” Housing Week of Action

“Sign the bills!” Housing Week of Action

We hope you saw us in the news last week! Chapters from Wise County to Hampton Roads held actions to demand that Governor Youngkin "Sign the bills!"  Specifically, we want hi ...

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Support our Housing Work

Support our Housing Work

From Clio Schurtz, New River Valley Organizer When I was 12 years old, I asked my best friend if I could live with her for a while because the bank was taking our house. I didn’t ...

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Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

Take action on the Draft Priority Climate Action Plan

Do you want to reduce greenhouse gases and improve housing throughout Virginia? Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is requesting feedback on its Draft Priority C ...

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Newport News/Hampton Chapter Housing Action

Newport News/Hampton Chapter Housing Action

Please join our Newport News/Hampton Chapter on Tuesday, February 13 at 6:30 p.m. We will speak at the Newport News City Council meeting about the need for a shelter for unhoused ...

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Celebration of Tales | Featured Community Partner

Celebration of Tales | Featured Community Partner

(Picture: Storyteller Sheila Arnold, Photo: Rob Craighurst) When was the last time you heard a good story? Not as a solitary encounter with a good book or a Netflix binge, but dir ...

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Wise County Chapter and Partners to Hold Community Conversations on Nuclear Reactors

Wise County Chapter and Partners to Hold Community Conversations on Nuclear Reactors

From the article by Mike Still in the Kingsport Times-News: "The Clinch Coalition, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachian Peace Education Center, Virginia Organizing ...

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