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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sheroes: Women Leadership in the House of Delegates and the State Senate On Wednesday, the 2020 General Assembly convened for its first day of session and was it a day for herstory! We had a day of firsts for the country’s oldest legislature where we had our first woman and first Jewish Speaker of the […]
