As someone who wants to raise her children in Virginia, it breaks my heart to know that Virginia leads the nation in pushing children out of school and into the hands of the broken criminal justice system. But it makes my heart feel a little better knowing that there are local organizations fighting to keep […]
Month: November 2019
Spotlight: VA LAN Leading the Fight for Reproductive Justice for Virginia Immigrants
Imagine being an immigrant woman in Virginia and finding out you’re pregnant. In a country that is so hostile to immigrants and women, even more so during the Trump administration, how would you move forward with little to no access to reproductive health care? People treat immigration and reproductive rights as two separate issues, but […]
2020 Eyes on Richmond Legislative Fellows
Progress Virginia is a multi-issue progressive advocacy organization that combines cutting edge online organizing and communications with rapid and hard-hitting earned media strategies. Year-round, we work to engage citizens from across the Commonwealth around issues of immediate state or local concern. Our mission is to provide a strong, credible voice in advancing progressive solutions to critical […]
Let’s Raise the Wage in 2020!
Now that we have a progressive majority in Virginia’s General Assembly, we can take on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in Virginia! It’s shameful that tens of thousands of workers in the Commonwealth are paid $7.25 an hour. People can’t raise their families with dignity with those kinds of wages, forcing many […]
We Won. Now Let’s Get to Work!
We won! Democrats now control both the House of Delegates and the State Senate! We knocked doors. We made phone calls. We talked to our friends and neighbors. We voted. We worked our butts off, and it paid off! But our work is not finished yet. Not to be a downer, but our work is […]
We’re hiring!
Project Manager Job Description Location: Richmond, VA Classification: Contract, beginning immediately through May 15, 2020 Salary: $4,000/month About Progress Virginia Progress Virginia is a multi-issue progressive advocacy organization that combines cutting edge online organizing and communications with rapid and hard-hitting earned media strategies. As Virginia’s leading progressive communications shop, we work all year round to […]
Day 1 Bills Demonstrate Commitment to Building a Virginia For All Of Us in New General Assembly
Key reforms to prioritize investing in our communities and democracy will be first up in the 2020 General Assembly. Democratic legislators filed HB1 and SB45, no-excuse absentee voting and HB10, the Student Loan Borrower’s Bill of Rights, signaling both are a top priority for the new Democratic legislature in January. Voters gave control of the […]
5 Reasons Why the New Lady Leadership is a Game-Changer for Virginia
Unless you were sleeping under a rock the past couple of weeks, you know that we did the damn thing and turned the General Assembly blue! We now have a Democratic majority in the legislature, and with it, more female leadership than ever before. This includes the new Speaker of the House, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, […]