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LAJC’s priorities at the end of the 2024 General Assembly Session
That’s a wrap! The 2024 Regular General Assembly Session officially ended on Friday, March 9. There were 3,594 bills introduced this session; 2,280 of those… Read More
Organizing School at LAJC
Last week, we joined with other members of the Richmond Transparency and Accountability Project (RTAP) to host their first “Organizing School,” a place for… Read More
LAJC Priority Bills Update
We have reached the halfway point for the 2024 General Assembly Session. For the past month, LAJC and our community partners have been actively… Read More
The General Assembly Begins!
Today marks the start of the 2024 Virginia General Assembly Session, and we are excited for the chance to once again advocate alongside community… Read More
Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez
Elizabeth (Ely) Hernandez Lopez is originally from Tepic, Nayarit Mexico and as of October 2023 is a member of LAJC as an ACA Navigator-… Read More
ACA open enrollment is here!
Open Enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance begins today and runs until January 15, 2024! Many people can purchase low-cost—or even free—health insurance during… Read More
Daniela Tejero
Daniela (Dani) Tejero is a Health Navigator/Paralegal at the Richmond office. She is a Spanish speaker, originally from Chile who first came to the… Read More
Freeing more than a billion dollars of unemployment payments
When the pandemic caused mass layoffs in 2020, hundreds of thousands of Virginians found themselves out of work and struggling to make ends meet. Read More
Reforming medical debt collection
Over the years, we long advocated for change in medical billing practices both at the UVA Health System in Charlottesville and statewide. Read More
Healthcare & Public Benefits
Health Justice and Public Benefits We promote health equity by dismantling legal and financial barriers to healthcare access and protecting and advancing people’s rights in… Read More
