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    Organizations unite at state Capitol for legislation day

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will host their joint 2nd Annual Legislative Day, Feb. 15.  This event will kick-off at the Richmond Marriott 500 E. Broad St. Richmond, VA in the Grand Ball room at 7:30 a.m. with a legislative breakfast.  

Members of the organization will hear a legislative update by host legislators, including senators Mamie E. Locke (2nd District), Henry L. Marsh, III (16th District), and Delegate Mamye E. BaCote (95th District), and the agenda by the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus. 

Guest speakers for the event are Mr. Adisa Muse, Executive Director Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, Mr. Ron Brown, Central Virginia Partnership Specialist for the U.S Census Bureau, and Ms. Kim Farrar, Program Director, Gloucester Institute.  Governor McDonnell has been asked to speak and is tentatively scheduled.  Proceeding the legislative breakfast, members will attend the General Assembly meetings at the Virginia State Capital.
The event's purpose is to correspond with legislators regarding key legislation affecting the communities throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.  This year’s 2010 legislative day theme is: "From Dream to Reality."


Initiative to provide mental health treatment to poor

 

RICHMOND- Virginia Gov. Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell has announced the launch of a $2 million public/private initiative to provide mental health treatment through the Virginia Health Care Foundation.  The announcement is the result of a $2 million challenge grant McDonnell made one year ago while attorney general.  The launch of the VHCF’s program, “A New Lease on Life,” will provide mental health care to uninsured Virginians across the commonwealth. More
 


Read our special Black History Month edition featuring soldiers who took a stand in the age of Jim Crow, and the events that changed the course of U.S military history.



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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