The January General Membership Meeting will be held on the 19^th of January from 7:30-9:00 PM. You can attend the meetings at First AME of Manassas at 10313 S. Grant Ave. or use the GoToMeeting information below.  Click here for this  month’s meeting agenda. The focus of this meeting will be on Community Coordination. An objective for 2016 is to bring together our partner organizations and develop a comprehensive advocacy agenda for the next 3, 5, and 10 years. Members of the PWC NAACP are the strongest advocates for our activities within our partner organizations, so come to the meeting to find out how you can engage with various organizations to promote our agenda.

The information below can be used to participate in the monthly PWC General Membership meeting using our GoToMeeting service. You will be able to listen to the meeting and see the presentation. Your microphones will be muted, so you will not be able to contribute to the conversation by talking. However, we will have someone monitoring the meeting chat channel, so you will be able to submit questions and comments. We will respond to those questions and comments and include some of them in our discussion. This information is the same for all future General membership meetings.

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Click here to view a flyer inviting you to attend a MLK Forum on Saturday, January 16th, at the Bull Run Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church in Manassas.  Our Vice President, Cozy Bailey, will be on the panel.

There are many events planned around the celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We strongly encourage you to participate in these events. Of particular importance is the King Day of Action, which is being coordinated by Brown Virginia and conducted in collaboration with the Virginia State Conference (VSC) of the NAACP. This is a day of engagement and advocacy with our General Assembly around a legislative agenda to bring about equality and social justice. We desire to have at least 10 members of the PWC NAACP to participate in this event.Please see the attached flyer for more information. Within the next week we will provide a copy of the legislative agenda being developed by the VSC NAACP.

In addition to meeting with your individual legislator(s) we have confirmed the following presenters to speak & take questions from the group throughout the day:

Governor Terry McAuliffe
Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam
Sen. Ryan McDougle (Republican Caucus Chair)
Sec. Brian Moran (Public Safety & Homeland Security)
Sec. Anne Holton (Education)
Sec. Nancy Rodriguez (Administration)
Hon. Tracy Jeter (Dir. Small Business and Supplier Diversity)

AND A VERY SPECIAL LUNCH PRESENTATION by U.S. Senator Tim Kane!

If you plan to attend, please click here to RSVP. When you RSVP, note that you belong to the PWC NAACP. We will use that information to coordinate car pools for the trip for those that are interested in sharing a ride.

Rev. George D. Carlisle, Pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church announces an Annual Community Town Hall Meeting from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. including a 15 minute intermission on January 17, 2016. The meeting will be conducted at Northern Virginia Baptist Center, 14019 Glenkirk Road, Gainesville Va.

The panel includes representatives from local clergy, NAACP, Prince William County Community Services-Mental Health, House of Mercy, Prince William County School Board, and local politicians that support Prince William County and surrounding counties and cities. The panel will also include members of law enforcement from Haymarket, the Cities of Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County – – all coming together to bring awareness and discuss what matters in the community.

There will be a reception during registration from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and all participants are requested to arrive no later than 10:00 a.m.

It is hoped that this Town Hall provides residents with the beginning of a roadmap to building healthier, safer and thriving communities.

For questions or additional information, contact Ms. Maxine Allen by phone (703) 209-0605 or email maniemax@aol.com  or Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Clerk, Ms. Delia Yates at (571) 220-6772 or delia.yates@yahoo.com.

The Agenda and PowerPoint presentation  from the 12/15/2015 General Membership meeting can be accessed by clicking here.  Minutes of the meeting are here.

The minutes from the 11/17/2015 General Membership meeting can be accessed by clicking here.  Please take a moment to review these minutes in preparation for the next meeting on 12/15/2015.

Using as an example the Legal Redress Committee’s inventory of requests for assistance, President Brower made an appeal for greater involvement by the Unit members.  Most standing committees are in need of members willing to assist in executing the missions of the Unit. You can read that document by clicking this link.

The following two items were used in  the 11/17/2015 General Membership Meeting::

1. Agenda and Presentations for the meeting
2. Advocacy presentation prepared by the Virginia State Coordinator’s Office

The Agenda and Presentations document was revised after the meeting to add some  items to the list of scheduled event.