Virtual panel to address strengthening Black community
2/25/2021, 6 p.m.
Congressmen A. Donald McEachin and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, the two African-Americans in Virginia’s congressional delegation, will participate in a free, virtual Martin Luther King Beloved Community Symposium from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26.
Also participating are Valerie Slater, executive director of RISE for Youth; Sa’ad El-Amin of Strategic Litigation Consultants; and Gwendolyn Davis, president of Equipping Businesses for Success Institute.
Theme: “Strengthening the Black Community: Where Do We Go From Here?”
The discussion will be moderated by Bernice Travers, founder of the Bernice E. Travers Foundation/Empowering Black Families, and Dr. Shawn Utsey, chairman of the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of African American Studies.
Sponsors include Virginia Union University, Living the Dream and the Travers Foundation.
Details and registration: www.tinyurl.com/VUUMLK2021.
