How would you feel if you had to lie every time your co-workers asked you how your weekend was to keep your significant other a secret? What would it be like if you were coming home with your partner but looking over your shoulder the whole time making sure no one sees you? That’s the […]
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We Need To Protect Our Access To Reproductive Health Care In Virginia
If you’ve been plugged into any media outlet over the past several years, then you know access to abortion care is under attack all across the country, and Virginia is no exception. Since 2011, anti-abortion politicians in Virginia have introduced over 170 anti-abortion bills and regulations. These bills were designed to shame and stigmatize people […]
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Get Behind the Wheel with Driver’s Licenses for All
We all love our cars and the privileges that come with them. They are part of our everyday lives–they help us get to our jobs, run errands, ferry our kids around, and buy groceries. Driving is essential to being a productive member of a family and community. Imagine if you couldn’t drive and couldn’t contribute […]
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Virginia Workers Can’t Survive off $7.25!
As the results on Election Night were coming in, I was thinking about all of the possibilities with a legislature that is controlled by Democrats. I couldn’t stop thinking about one thing. We can finally, FINALLY, raise the minimum wage to $15. via GIPHY The minimum wage hasn’t been raised since 2009, and people are […]
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Hero & Zero January 24
Heroes: Raise the Wage Activists On Tuesday, hundreds of workers from across the Commonwealth braved freezing temperatures and icy conditions to make their voices heard on raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in Virginia. Currently, Virginia ranks as the worst state in the country on workers’ rights; raising the minimum wage would be […]
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Advocates Celebrate as Reproductive Health Protection Act Takes First Step To Becoming Law
Champions for abortion access are celebrating today as members of the House Courts of Justice Committee voted to pass Delegate Herring’s HB980, the Reproductive Health Protection Act. This bill would get rid of burdensome restrictions like the requirement for a mandatory, medically-unnecessary ultrasound, and the 24-hour waiting period that make it difficult for people across the […]
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Hundreds Rally and Lobby Legislators in Support of Increasing Virginia’s Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
Hundreds of workers and supporters rallied today at the Virginia State Capitol, calling for passage of legislation that would raise the Commonwealth’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. Before the rally, the group met with legislators to share their stories and advocate for immediate action to ensure that working Virginians can better support […]
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Reproductive Health Advocates Urge Legislators to Pass Reproductive Health and Rights Legislation this Session
Video footage of this event can be found here. Richmond, Virginia—Reproductive health, rights, and justice advocates host a press conference to urge legislators to pass the Reproductive Health Protection Act ( HB980 and SB733) and the Reproductive Health Equity Act (HB1445 and SB917). Everyone should have the ability to make decisions for themselves about whether, how, and when to start a […]
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Hero & Zero January 17
Heroes: Women’s Lobby Day Superstars This Monday, nearly one hundred people joined the Women’s Equality Coalition at the Capitol for Women’s Lobby Day to hold our newly elected progressive majority accountable by ensuring that legislators continue to support reproductive rights and paid family and medical leave, end sham restrictions on abortion, and prevent Black maternal […]
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Freedom to Vote in Virginia, No excuse required
Tuesdays, amiright? Alarms, commute, school drop off, school pick up, dinner, bath time, bed time. And it’s not even the middle of the week. Add to that list getting out of the house or leaving work a little early to get to your polling location to vote? Look, voting is IMPORTANT and our civic duty […]