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9th Annual Heritage Celebration: Celebrating African American Women Achievers today at Franklin

Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille and Delegate Delores L. McQuinn invite everyone to attend the Richmond 9th Annual Heritage Celebration: Celebrating African American Women Achievers today Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 1-7PM at Franklin Military Academy Auditorium (701 North 37th Street).

AGENDA

* Guest Speaker, Dr. Sulayman Clark, Author, “The Rains”
* Free Theatrical Theatre IV Presentation of “The Oliver Hill Story” (1:30PM)
* The Honorable Cynthia I. Newbille, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council 7th District
* The Honorable Delores L. McQuinn, Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates 70
* The African American Experience – Panel Discussion with Henry L. Marsh, Senator Senate of Virginia, Melvin Law, Rev. Marcus Martin, Dr. Kim Allen
* 2012 Virginia General Assembly Report with Henry L. Marsh, Joseph D. Morrissey, Betsy Carr
* Free Soul Food Dinner

2 comments

Yaisha Taylor 03/24/2012 at 10:10 PM

i really enjoyed the program today. i went to richmond public school majority of my life and i can honestly say that i wasn’t taught much about black history. My children, nieces and nephews are in richmond public schools and they still are taught only the minimal. i do not blame the school system because it is up to us to teach our children our story. As a 31 year old woman i take it as a personal challenge to help our future to know where we came from. how can we appreciate what others have done for us if we don’t know!!

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