The Blacksburg Chapter Meeting Programs

You are invited to attend the Blacksburg Chapter's monthly meetings held every third Tuesday of the month at the Blacksburg Community Center from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm located at 725 Patrick Henry Drive .

Every month there is a new educational program is presented.

April 18: Perspectives on the  Dialogue on Race presented by Lisa Garcia. This presentation will give us a glimpse into the scope and character of the Dialogue on Race and how it has cooperated with other community organizations to reach its current status. More can be see at their website:  http://www.dialogueonrace.info

Growing up White and Learning about Compound Interest

Lisa Garcia is the chair of the Limited Presence Issue Group for Dialogue on Race – a grassroots effort to end racial injustice against African Americans in Montgomery County, Va. Her presentation will explore racial injustice from the perspective of a white woman born in the South and now living in a college town. This is a story that begins with express education about the advantages of being a “WASP” through years of “white fragility” and efforts to “be a good person” to a place of hyper-local service.  Through her story Lisa will engage audience members and expand the learning around how to share the African American story so that it can really be heard and accessible.

May 16: Brain Health presented by Wenday Baldwin, Vice President of AARP Blacksburg Chapter

June 20: Annual Picnic, TBD

For more information on The Blacksburg Chapter please visit http://www.blacksburgaarp.org/scheduled-programs. There are no chapter meetings July or August.