SB868 and HB1663 Prohibit Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Virginians are celebrating as the Virginia Values Act passed both the House and Senate this week. The bills, Senator Adam Ebbin’s SB868 and Delegate Mark Sickles’ HB1663, prohibit discrimination in employment, public accommodations, housing, and credit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Virginia […]
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Hero & Zero – 2/7
Hero- Senator Mamie Locke This week, Virginia Senate icon Senator Mamie Locke showed us all once again why she’s the Virginia Senate’s Democratic Caucus Chair and why we will forever stan. On Monday, she opened up about her experience as a Black woman living in a state that still honors the treasonous actions of the […]
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Hero & Zero 1/31
Heroes – Grassroots Activists Supporting Driver’s Licenses for All On Tuesday and Thursday this week, an incredible number of activists showed up at the General Assembly to advocate for driver’s licenses for all Virginians during House and Senate Transportation Committee hearings. Activists lined up hours beforehand to make sure their voices were heard on this […]
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We All Need the Reproductive Health Equity Act
Living in Virginia as a Black, Queer woman has forced me to fight for reproductive freedom. And working in reproductive rights has made it clear just how easy it has been for anti-reproductive health politicians to stand in my way. I want what we all do: the ability to live in a community where every […]
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“It’s Like I’m in Quicksand.”
Alex’s student loan debt is crushing her. As a Newport News resident, who works two jobs and puts in over 60 hours a week in order to make her $1,300 monthly student loan payments, she is struggling to keep up the payments. “It’s like I’m in quicksand,” she said. “I can’t take out any other […]
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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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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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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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WATCH: Jan. 14 Redistricting Reform Press Conference
Delegate Marcia Price was joined by voting rights advocates to discuss HB1256, proposed legislation to create an independent Virginia redistricting commission. An independent commission to handle the 2021 redistricting is critically important to ensure voters can choose their elected officials, not the other way around. For 400 years, Black people and people of color in […]
