Brian Johns

Abingdon

Brian Johns first came to Virginia Organizing as an intern in 2000, and then worked as a community organizer from 2001-2005. He spent two years in Pennsylvania doing community organizing with a labor union, and returned to Virginia Organizing in 2007. He is currently the organizer for far Southwest Virginia, covering from Pulaski to the Kentucky border. Brian grew up just south of Richmond in the Petersburg area and worked with the Petersburg and Williamsburg Virginia Organizing chapters, also helping open the Williamsburg office, before leaving in 2005. He is now based out of Abingdon, with his wife Paige and their daughters Lea and Susanna. "Virginia Organizing builds power in local communities and around Virginia by building relationships within those communities. I believe this is an incredibly effective way to bring about change, and I'm excited to be organizing in Southwest Virginia."