Valley Interfaith Action
Fall Assembly
Thursday, October 29, 2026
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
(660 South Main Street, Harrisonburg)
Join with 200 VIA leaders as we ask Mayor Reed, other elected leaders, and Harrisonburg City Council candidates to work with us to increase access, affordability, and sustainability for high-quality early education and childcare, support our immigrant members and neighbors in this moment of uncertainty and fear, and co-create on local issue & actions so that all Valley families can thrive.
Parking is available after 5 pm in the lots adjoining Emmanuel Episcopal Church's lot and in the Mason Street Parking Deck (do not use spaces designated "Hotel Madison").
Please allow additional time to park and arrive at the Assembly prior to 6 pm.
Valley Interfaith Action is a broad-based, non-partisan, multi-issue volunteer leader-led power organization made up of dues-paying member institutions in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Our member groups include faith-based congregations, immigrant, neighborhood, and other associations. We bring together leaders and their institutions across the lines that often divide us — political, rural-urban, race, faith, to take action on our common interests and improve the lives of families in our community.
We build power by building community.
We meet people face-to-face and build relationships that help to re-knit the frayed social fabric of our lives. We don’t seek justice and social change for people, we seek change with people. We stand shoulder to shoulder with directly-impacted leaders. Our power comes from the number and diversity of people we bring together and the institutions they represent.
We tackle big problems by breaking them down into issues that can be addressed. We listen to what’s needed, find like-minded people to work with us for change, and bring together hundreds of diverse, regular people, so we can effectively engage corporate and elected leaders to help us to achieve our goals.
