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 bui ...
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2023 Power Analysis
The annual Power Analysis conference was held in person this year for the first time since 2019! We were all happy to be together again at Massanetta Springs. 40 members of the St ...
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Legislative Priorities (as of January 19, 2023)
School Funding We support Fund Our Schools’ priorities, including full funding for the revised Standards of Quality, increased wrap-around services, additional school support staf ...
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Virginia Organizing’s 2023 Statewide Legislative Priorities
Equitable School Funding We support Fund Our Schools’ priorities, including full funding for the revised Standards of Quality, increased wrap around services, additional school su ...
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RPS School Board Adopts Virginia Organizing’s Bill of Rights!
Richmond, Va. -- Last night, on an 8 to 1 vote, the Richmond School Board voted to adopt the Student, Parent, and Caregiver Bill of Rights, created by the Richmond Chapter of ...
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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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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
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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Richmond Chapter Bill of Rights Campaign Moves Forward
On Monday, May 16, members of the Richmond Chapter gave comments at the Richmond Public Schools board meeting about the Student, Parent, Caregiver Bill of Rights. Jessica Nocera o ...
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Virginia Organizing Celebrates Revised MOU between Norfolk Public Schools and the Norfolk Police Department
Norfolk, Va.— Virginia Organizing members, parents, workers, and community have opposed the use of armed police officers in Norfolk Public Schools. Research shows that SROs d ...
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