Virginia Organizing posts concrete steps so you can take timely and important action! SEE CURRENT ACTIONS BELOW.
Tips to making your action effective: be polite but firm (don’t yell or curse or get angry); give your name and where you are from; tell whoever answers the phone what your concern is and why; ask for the official position on your issue; and remember, the person answering the phone is just doing his or her job..
Don’t forget, you can connect with a local chapter to work for social, racial, economic, environmental, and gender justice at the local level. Email us at info@virginia-organizing.org so we can help you connect to one of our community organizers.
We’re Letting our Representatives Know What We Want
As of April 2025, both the House & Senate have passed a budget blueprint that suggests trillions in cuts to lifeline programs like Medicaid, SNAP, child care, and more. Specifically, experts are saying this would be the largest Medicaid cut in history. In addition to dismantling the workforce that supports child care for our families, these cuts are happening in order to pay for billionaire tax cuts and further attacks on immigrant families.
In response, our chapters have been taking action to address the enormous threat that these cuts have posed to our communities! We have held rallies and talked with legislators in the 2nd, 7th, and 9th congressional districts, where members of our Eastern Shore, Fredericksburg, New River Valley, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Wise County, and Wythe County Chapters showed their support for protecting Medicaid, child care, consumer protections, and our immigrant communities.
As we continue to put pressure on our elected officials, we want them to know that they should be focused on supporting the needs of their constituents, not cutting life-saving and essential resources!
CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
Also, be on the lookout for calls to action from your local chapter organizers. Our VO chapters have been planning local actions and lobby days during the session. If you have questions, reach out to your local organizer!
