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  • About the Portsmouth Chapter

    About the Portsmouth Chapter

    The Portsmouth Chapter began in January 2016 and is one of the largest chapters of Virginia Organizing. Their first campaign was to reduce suspensions as a way of stopping the scho ...

  • Virginia Organizing Celebrates Give Local 757

    Virginia Organizing Celebrates Give Local 757

    Hampton Roads, Va. – Virginia Organizing has chapters in most of Hampton Roads: Suffolk, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Hampton, and Newport News. Chapters organize local campaigns and ...

  • 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 Portsmo ...

  • 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 5 ...

Virginia Organizing and Veterans for Change to Hold Candidate Forum in Portsmouth

Virginia Organizing and Veterans for Change to Hold Candidate Forum in Portsmouth

What: Open Candidate Forum When: Tuesday, September 15 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Where: Trinity Episcopal Church; 500 Court Street, Portsmouth VA 23704(Park in Kin ...

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Tyran Green | September/October 2019 Leader of the Month

Tyran Green | September/October 2019 Leader of the Month

At the Grassroots Gathering this year, Tyran spoke about her experience over the summer as an intern for Virginia Organizing. She and the other interns held a living wage rally at ...

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Virginia Organizing to Rally Outside Senator Warner’s Office in Norfolk for Lower Prescription Drug Prices

Virginia Organizing to Rally Outside Senator Warner’s Office in Norfolk for Lower Prescription Drug Prices

What: Rally for Congress to Lower Prescription Drug Prices When: Tuesday, August 20 at 12 p.m. (noon) Where: Senator Warner's Norfolk Office at 101 West Main Street, Norfolk, VA 2 ...

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Leader Tyran Green Briefs Congressional Staff on Underfunding of IDEA

Leader Tyran Green Briefs Congressional Staff on Underfunding of IDEA

The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools hosted a briefing for U.S. House staffers on January 25, 2019, focused on their report, Confronting the Education Debt.  The briefing highlight ...

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About the Portsmouth Chapter

About the Portsmouth Chapter

The Portsmouth Chapter began in January 2016 and is one of the largest chapters of Virginia Organizing. Their first campaign was to reduce suspensions as a way of stopping the sch ...

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The School-to-Prison Pipeline and Virginia Organizing

The School-to-Prison Pipeline and Virginia Organizing

I joined the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing two years ago because a friend of mine told me I could get help for my son there. He was suspended and threatened with expul ...

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My Daughter was also in the School-to-Prison Pipeline

My Daughter was also in the School-to-Prison Pipeline

I started trying to get my daughter the help she needed when she was still in elementary school. She didn’t pass the SOLs, even after we hired a tutor for her. I initiated a child ...

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Trump’s Executive Order Will Make America Flood Again (and Again and Again)

Trump’s Executive Order Will Make America Flood Again (and Again and Again)

Published by Union of Concerned Scientists. On August 15, Trump signed an executive order, repealing an Obama-era executive order that updated the Federal Flood Risk Management St ...

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Nagolia “Goldie” Wells: July/August Leader of the Month

Nagolia “Goldie” Wells: July/August Leader of the Month

Nagolia “Goldie” Wells was at the very first meeting of the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing—and she hasn’t stopped since! “Meghan, our organizer, came to one of my civic ...

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Virginia Organizing Efforts Lead to Portsmouth School Board Approval of New Code of Conduct

Virginia Organizing Efforts Lead to Portsmouth School Board Approval of New Code of Conduct

Portsmouth, Va.— On Saturday, the Portsmouth Chapter of Virginia Organizing celebrated a milestone victory in its campaign to reduce suspensions and disrupt the school-to-prison p ...

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