2015 Advocacy Trips to Richmond
*Updated 1/19/2015* The State & Local Affairs committee has compiled the following lists of advocacy trips to lobby the General Assembly during the 2015 session. If you know of a lobby day not on this list, please send it to Jerry Foltz at jfoltzva@verizon.net and we will add it to the list.
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| DATE | ISSUE | SPONSOR | TRANSPORTATION | RESERVATION INFORMATION |
MORE INFO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19 Monday |
Gun Violence Martin Luther King Vigil & Advocacy Day |
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America | Buses from Occoquan | martina.leinz@verizon.net The Democratic Women of Clifton & Northern Virginia |
Briefing sessions on the legislation related to firearms |
| Jan 20 Tuesday 8a – 3p |
Immigrant Advocacy Day | Dreamers of Virginia (DOV) Dreamers Moms USA Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO) the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium |
Buses from Northern Virginia. Contact Edgar Aranda-Yanoc at vacolao@gmail.com | Virginia Interfaith Center | VACOLAO |
| Jan 20 Tuesday 8:30a – 3p January 16th registration deadline |
Day for All People: Minimum wage, access to healthcare, redistricting | Virginia Interfaith Center | None specified | Rob Maartin rob@virginiainterfaithcenter.org 804-643-2474 ext 114 |
Virginia Interfaith Center |
| Jan 26 Monday |
Education | Virginia Education Association Lobby Day | carpools | Sunday Briefings, Jan 25 5:30p & 7p Holiday Inn Express (201 East Cary St, Richmond, VA 23219 |
More information |
| Jan 27 Tuesday (workshops Jan 26) |
Labor Unions | SEIU Virginia 512 | Can register for overnight accommodation | SEIU | |
| Feb 3 Tuesday |
LGBT equality | Equality Virginia Day of Action |
Car pools being arranged through FCDC | Equality Virginia | Equality Virginia |
| Feb 4 Wednesday *update* |
Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day in Richmond | Jewish Community Relations Councils (JCRC) of Greater Washington, Richmond, Tidewater and the Virginia Peninsula | Buses to / from Richmond & carpool assistance available.$25 registration includes transportation & Kosher lunch. | Darcy Hirsh (darcy.hirsh@gmail.com 703-962-9233) *update* |
Jewish Community Relations Council |
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