{"id":796,"date":"2025-10-07T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/?p=796"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:57:11","slug":"time-to-take-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/2025\/10\/07\/time-to-take-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Take Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"338\"><strong data-start=\"273\" data-end=\"336\">VFN State Legislative Plan Published \u2013 Time to Take Action!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"558\">The <strong data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"400\">Virginia Federation of NARFE\u2019s State Legislative Plan<\/strong> has been finalized and published. This plan outlines our priorities for <strong data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"536\">protecting federal employees\u2019 and retirees\u2019 earned benefits<\/strong> at the state level.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"588\">Now, the real work begins:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"633\">Engage with your local representatives<\/strong> to share NARFE\u2019s positions.<br>\n<strong data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"698\">Educate and mobilize members<\/strong> to advocate for key legislation.<br>\n<strong data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"766\">Coordinate chapter efforts<\/strong> to maximize our influence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"906\">Your voice matters! Together, we can ensure that Virginia\u2019s federal community is <strong data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"903\">heard and represented, <\/strong>please find copies of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/about-us\/program-chairs\/state-legislation\/\"><strong data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"903\"> 2026 Virginia Legislative Plan<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Virginia Federation of NARFE State Legislative Plan has been published, the work shifts from planning to action and engagement.  Ask about how you can help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2025\/10\/2026-VA-State-Leg-Stats.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/1043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}