Virginia Organizing Social Justice Bowl Returns for 2016
What: Virginia Organizing Social Justice Bowl When: Friday, November 11 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church (400 Rugby Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903) Charlottesv ...
Read More »Virginia’s ‘sophisticated Jim Crow’ bans felons from voting
Published by the Toronto Star The state’s racist law blocks ex-offenders from voting for life without the governor’s personal approval. Black Virginians are disproportionately dis ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Grassroots Gathering 2016: Brief Recap
Over the weekend of September 16-18, Virginia Organizing leaders gathered at Smith Mountain Lake to discuss important issues facing Virginians this year like education justice, en ...
Read More »Climate Scientist Michael Mann Coming to Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Va. — Sierra Club Virginia Chapter and Virginia Organizing are pleased to host former UVA professor and prominent climate scientist Michael Mann for a presentatio ...
Read More »Opinion/Letter: Ashamed of opposition to voting rights
Letter to the Editor Published in The Daily Progress On April 22, my opinion of Virginia vastly improved with the governor's executive order that allowed more than 200,000 former ...
Read More »Nancy Carpenter: May 2016 Leader of the Month
For the past four years, Nancy Carpenter has been an active leader in the Charlottesville Chapter of Virginia Organizing. She joined Virginia Organizing because she was interested ...
Read More »Award-Winning Film Director to Join Kingsolver on Paramount Stage
Charlottesville, Va.—Barbara Kingsolver, who will speak at the Paramount Theater on April 22 to benefit Virginia Organizing, has announced that a special guest will join her for a ...
Read More »Group Goes Solar to ‘Lead by Example’
Written and published by VA SUN. Virginia Organizing has a long history of working with Virginians to make positive changes in the Commonwealth. It has worked on a variety of issu ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing Partners with Ten Thousand Villages for Shopping Event on Sunday
What: Shopping day to benefit Virginia Organizing When: Sunday, December 13 from 1-5 p.m. Where: Ten Thousand Villages Charlottesville (105 West Main Street (Downtown Mall), Charl ...
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