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Virginia Organizing Grassroots Gathering 2016

Virginia Organizing Grassroots Gathering 2016

Virginians from Harrisonburg to Southwest Virginia to South Hampton Roads and everywhere in between gathered September 16-18 at Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Center to celebrate accompl ...

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Stop Child Hunger

Stop Child Hunger

As a parent, I know how important it is for kids to have healthy food. Really, it is a no-brainer that kids shouldn’t have to go hungry, right? Not according to the U.S. House of ...

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BIG Announcement from Barbara Kingsolver

BIG Announcement from Barbara Kingsolver

We have a BIG announcement:Barbara Kingsolver will be joined on stage on Friday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville by award-winning television and fil ...

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Care for Our Earth: Clean Power Plan

Care for Our Earth: Clean Power Plan

Virginia is currently working on an important piece of policy, the Clean Power Plan, that could have a large positive impact on the state's economy, public health, and environment ...

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Virginia Organizing at the CFPB Hearings

Virginia Organizing at the CFPB Hearings

On April 7, 2016, Virginia Organizing leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Virginia Or ...

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Elected Leaders Should Keep Their Word

Elected Leaders Should Keep Their Word

Published on Blue Virginia Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring made a promise to constituents in October 2015 that we’d like him to keep. Back in October, the Attorney General ...

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Emerging Chapters Organize for Change

Emerging Chapters Organize for Change

Virginia Organizing has several emerging Chapters across the state. If you live in Roanoke, the New River Valley, Lynchburg, Eastern Shore, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, or Suffolk and ...

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Do you support clean energy?

Do you support clean energy?

On Saturday, April 2, a diverse group of Virginians got together in 12 different locations to ask Governor Terry McAuliffe to create a BOLD and STRONG Clean Power Plan for Virgini ...

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Earth Day and Virginia Organizing

Earth Day and Virginia Organizing

I'm writing to invite you to join me at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville on Friday, April 22, for a special event in support of Virginia Organizing. This group has inspire ...

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Fight for Workers’ Rights

Fight for Workers’ Rights

Do you remember how many times we fought so hard to get workers a living wage? Today, we need your help to stop some bad legislation that would prohibit a locality from enacting a ...

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