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  • 2024 Legislative Priorities

    2024 Legislative Priorities

    The 2024 General Assembly session begins Wednesday, January 10 and ends March 9. Our power as an organization is in the people who take action with us, and thanks to you we've buil ...

  • The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    The True Cost of Diabetes by Shelia Carter

    On August 29, President Biden announced that Medicare has selected the first 10 medications that they will negotiate lower prices for. These negotiations were made possible by the ...

  • The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    The Alyssa House | Featured Community Partner

    In the fight against childhood cancer, children are noncombatants. That is the response of The Alyssa House Board Chair, Lynn Divers, to the more common conception of cancer treatm ...

  • Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Brave Souls on Fire | Featured Community Partner

    Not all mental health care is created equal. For Myra Anderson of Brave Souls on Fire, nothing underlines that statement more than the ways Black people have experienced marginaliz ...

Virginia Organizing Calls for Congress to Pass Inflation Reduction Act on 57th Anniversary of Medicaid/Medicare

Virginia Organizing Calls for Congress to Pass Inflation Reduction Act on 57th Anniversary of Medicaid/Medicare

Priorities include spending on climate, lower drug prices, tax enforcement Richmond, Va.—In response to news that the Inflation Reduction Act may pass the Senate, Virginia Organiz ...

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Black Women and Health Care in Virginia

Black Women and Health Care in Virginia

Photo credit: Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/TNS Barbara Jefferson Harris, a leader in the Norfolk Chapter and Virginia Organizing's State Governing Board treasurer, courageo ...

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Virginia Organizing Condemns SCOTUS Abortion Decision

Virginia Organizing Condemns SCOTUS Abortion Decision

A Disaster for Women's Rights and Health Care, Especially for People of Color Richmond, Va. — After the release of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Or ...

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Do you have medical debt?

Do you have medical debt?

Medical debt is one of the most harmful issues Americans face today. In a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report, they found, Medical debt is the most comm ...

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Action alert! Millions will lose coverage

Action alert! Millions will lose coverage

Contact Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine to extend premium tax credits Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to help people afford health insurance by extending sub ...

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Urgent action alert: tell Gov. Youngkin to accept the budget

Urgent action alert: tell Gov. Youngkin to accept the budget

Yesterday the General Assembly passed the budget proposal the Budget Committee has been working on for weeks. It's far from perfect, but the conferees worked out a compromise that ...

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Resiliency & Self-Care Newsletter, Spring Issue

Resiliency & Self-Care Newsletter, Spring Issue

Warm hellos and welcomes to you! A new season and a new edition of our newsletter is here. These uncertain times have felt like an endurance test none of us signed up for. The ten ...

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Virginia Organizing Hosts Portsmouth Mental Health Forum

Virginia Organizing Hosts Portsmouth Mental Health Forum

Portsmouth, Va. — Virginia Organizing's Portsmouth Chapter will host a free community mental health forum on Wednesday, June 8 at 6 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portsm ...

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Portsmouth Mental Health Forum June 8

Portsmouth Mental Health Forum June 8

Virginia Organizing's Portsmouth Chapter will host a free community mental health forum on Wednesday, June 8 at 6 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portsmouth. The church is at ...

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Virginia Organizing to Hold “Bridge the Divide” Rally in Norfolk

Virginia Organizing to Hold “Bridge the Divide” Rally in Norfolk

As Inflation Soars, Locals Urge Lawmakers to ‘Bridge Gaps’ by Lowering Drug Prices, Making Health Coverage More Affordable What: Rally to call on Congress to pass tax reform ...

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