We Won! Victory on Fredericksburg CSX Campaign
We won. We don’t get to write those two simple words often enough at Virginia Organizing, but part of working on tough issues means that the struggle can take a while. That ...
Read More »House Vote on Car Title Lending: Money Wins Out Over Common Sense
Yesterday the House voted in favor of SB 1367 which would allow out of state drivers to take out a title loan in Virginia. The bill expands predatory lending and rolls back much o ...
Read More »Danville Virginia Organizing Speaks Out for Immigrants’ Rights at DCC
Danville, VA- Danville residents held a campus tabling event collecting dozens of hand written postcards for immigrant rights on Tuesday at Danville Community College. The Danvill ...
Read More »Edd Houck is playing hardball with CSX; it’s about time
The following editorial was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star on February 9, 2011.IT'S been over a year now since Mayfield residents acquired some disturbing new ...
Read More »VIDEOS: UVA Virginia Organizing Chapter Lobbies at General Assembly
Although Charlottesville is not that far from Richmond, it can sometimes feel like it is miles away. While the Jefferson-designed buildings of the UVA campus strongly resemble his ...
Read More »Barker: Reaching out to our Congressman
The follow letter to the editor was published in the Danvile Register and Bee on February 7, 2011.I write today to inform you and your readership about an awesome, smallscale even ...
Read More »S. Hampton Roads Virginia Organizing Lobbies Legislators for Immigrant Rights
A delegation of Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Chesapeake residents visited Richmond on Thursday for a day of lobbying their legislators for immigrants rights. The South Hampton Road ...
Read More »Sen. Houck is taking on CSX on rail tank cars
The following letter to the editor was written by Virginia Organizing member Joe Katz and was published in the Fredericksburg Freelance Star on 2/4/11.I'm writing to thank sta ...
Read More »VIDEO: Candace Graham Testifying on taking funds from health care and education for transportation.
A bill under consideration by the General Assembly, was killed on Friday that would have shifted millions of dollars of state funds away from services like health care and into tr ...
Read More »Holding CSX Accountable in Fredericksburg
The following blog post was first posted at Blue Virginia on January 28, 2011.The residents of Mayfield, a neighborhood near downtown Fredericksburg, have taken a major stand agai ...
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