Don Harmon

Don Francisco presented the contributions of Black fifers and drummers to celebrate “Music and African Americans in the Revolutionary War.”

Is it possible that living a life with meaning can help improve our mental and physical health as we age? To help answer this question, AARP Virginia sponsored a special screening and workshop for The Hidden Power of Purpose, a feature-length documentary narrated by Debbie Allen. This special screening was held on Jan. 11th at the Arcola Church in Dulles.

This event was an opportunity for the northern Virginia community to learn about AARP’s priorities for 2025, and explain how community members can help join the advocacy effort for these changes.

AARP Virginia to offer free webinar “Social Security: Understanding Your Benefits” covering how to secure your benefits and implications of claiming decisions.

AARP recently held its annual Life@50+ Academy: Planning for Your Health, Wealth, and Happiness. The event was hosted at the Seniors With a Purpose Ministry (SWAP) of the First Baptist Church of Vienna (FBCV), and supported by a number of local organizations.

Dr. Heisung Lee Receives 2022 Andrus Award for Community Service

Meet this year's President's Award Winner Suba Saty

On Nov. 9, 1989, the East German government announced a new travel order allowing limited immigration to the West. In response, crowds of East Germans climbed the Berlin Wall to escape to the West. This led to the unification of Germany on March 18, 1990 and marked the end of the Iron Curtain of the Soviet era.

The relationships between Mexico and the United States are more important today than they have ever been. These relationships significantly affect political debates and election outcomes in both countries, and are further complicated by the dynamics of Covid 19 which has caused the partial closure of the border between the two countries and the resulting negative effect on the Mexican economy.

Today, most of us think about Jamestown as the first successful English colony in America, and the fort where its first residents struggled to survive. However, this is just a part of the Jamestown story. This webinar, the third in AARP’s Virginia Treasures Series, examines the events starting in 1619 that brought the first documented Africans to Virginia and marked the beginning of slavery in English North America.