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Washington Post Editorial: Expand Medicaid VA!

Washington Post Editorial: Expand Medicaid VA!

Photo: Virginia Organizing leaders at a Lynchburg health care rally Just ahead of the General Assembly special session on Wednesday, April 11, the Washington Post published this editorial calling on t ...

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Virginia Organizing Thanks Senators Warner and Kaine for Support of the CFPB

Virginia Organizing Thanks Senators Warner and Kaine for Support of the CFPB

For Immediate Release: Monday, April 2 Richmond, Va. — Last week, Senator Mark Warner and Senator Tim Kaine, along with 41 other senators, sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ...

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Virginia Organizing to Protest Senator Warner’s Predatory Lending Bill

Virginia Organizing to Protest Senator Warner’s Predatory Lending Bill

What: Protest asking Senator Warner to remove his name from the Madden Bill; protest of predatory lending When: Tuesday, March 27, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Where: ACE Cash Express, 4213 Portsmouth Blvd, Portsm ...

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Danville Community Leaders and Constituents to Celebrate 8 Years of ACA Coverage, Demand Medicaid Expansion

Danville Community Leaders and Constituents to Celebrate 8 Years of ACA Coverage, Demand Medicaid Expansion

What: Media conference with speakers from PATHS, Virginia Organizing, and community leaders When: Friday, March 23 at 9:30 a.m. Where: Piedmont Access to Health Services (PATHS), 705 Main St., Danvill ...

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Chairperson Del McWhorter on the Tax Scam

Chairperson Del McWhorter on the Tax Scam

From the Daily Progress. If you are struggling to get by, even a small tax cut makes a difference. If the Trump tax cut were just a boost in pay for workers, no one would be complaining. The problem i ...

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Virginia Organizing’s Chapters Stand Up for Immigrant Rights

Virginia Organizing’s Chapters Stand Up for Immigrant Rights

All of our chapters are working this month on immigration reform. We want to see Congress pass a clean Dream Act to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals act (DACA) from dep ...

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Lisa Taylor – February/March 2018 Leader of the Month

Lisa Taylor – February/March 2018 Leader of the Month

Lisa Taylor’s parents were from Lynchburg, but she grew up in New York while her father went to Cornell University. She came to live in Lynchburg more recently. Her son has grown up in Lynchburg and a ...

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Sharon Parker’s Letter

Sharon Parker’s Letter

    February 2018 Dear  Friend, I am excited to write to you as a member of the Eastern Shore Chapter, the newest chapter of Virginia Organizing!  I would like to share my experience of the ...

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Stop S. 2155–No More Help for Predatory Lenders!

Stop S. 2155–No More Help for Predatory Lenders!

From our friends at @StopTheDebtTrap: With all the news to worry about these days, Virginia voters might not have noticed our two U.S. Senators getting behind a major new bank giveaway bill. Perhaps S ...

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Senator Warner Should Reconsider Predatory Lending Bill

Senator Warner Should Reconsider Predatory Lending Bill

Charlottesville leader, Valerie Washington, has published this fierce op-ed about predatory lending in the Roanoke Times. We hope Senator Mark Warner will listen! To contact his office, call: 202-224- ...

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