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Issues and Priorities

As Virginia's oldest faith-based advocacy organization, we have worked with and through the faith-informed community on a range of social justice issues since our founding in 1982. Each year we survey our members to determine what issues members are interested in and what they are willing to work on. The poll also helps us allocate our limited staff resources efficiently and gives us a sense of how we’re meeting the expectations of our members.

This year's poll results affirmed our overall mission – to stay steadfastly committed to a more just and compassionate Commonwealth. The member poll data suggests that a few particular issues are of great concerns to our members, while the rest remain less urgent and received far lower priority rankings. Those issues of greatest concern include poverty and the working poor, health care access, at-risk children, the healing of God’s creation and immigration reform. In large part, this reflects the work the Center is doing with the Half in Ten Campaign, childhood obesity and the stewardship initiatives of Virginia Interfaith Power and Light. It also reflects the need to begin work on health care implementation.

A full overview of our 2012 priorities can be found here.

Follow the links to the right to learn about our position on the issues, our plan for progress, and how you can get involved.

Annual General Assembly Reports

Each year after the conclusion of the General Assembly Session, we take stock of our work to advance social justice, whether that meant opposing, supporting or modifying legislation under consideration.

2011 Faithful Engagement Report
2010 Faithful Engagement Report
2009 Report: Taking Action, Making Progress

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