ASBC/FBCV/NVUL - We The People Program

We The People 2020 Program

Alfred Street Baptist Church, Northern Virginia Urban League, First Baptist Church of Vienna presents The 16th Annual Candidates & Issues Forum—We The People 2020 Monday, October 12, 2020 7-9PM EST Welcome, Prayer, Introduction of Moderator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Dr. Walton Vernon State of Virginia Ballot Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kofi Annan Panel #1 Town Council/ City Council Panelists: Simone Pass Tucker (Falls Church City Council), Joshua Shokoor (Falls Church City Council), Brian K. Fields (Dumfries, Town Council), Stevan Porter (Herndon, Town Council), Sean Regan (Herndon, Town Council), Darryl Moore (Manassas Park City Council) *Cesar del Aguila (Herndon, Town Council)

Panel #2 Mayor Panelists: Ron Campbell (Leesburg)

Panel #3 U.S. House of Representatives Panelists: Panelists: Qasim Rashid (CD 1), *Don Beyer (CD 8)

Panel #4 U.S. Senate Panelists: Mark Warner* * Candidate will not be present but provided a video as a substitute

State of Virginia Issues Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kofi Annan Call to Action & Closing Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley

Alfred Street Baptist Church—Social Justice Ministry @ASBC_SocialJustice socialjustice@alfredstreet.org The Social Justice Ministry of Alfred Street Baptist Church works to address the root cause of modern day injustices. The ministry looks to serve as a communal awareness clearinghouse by sharing information, convening social justice events, and facilitating calls to action. Our desire is to be a catalyst for justice within Alfred Street Baptist Church, the Washington Metropolitan area, our nation, and the world.

The ministry’s work is built on five pillars structured on biblical foundational principles.

1) Voter Education & Empowerment 2) Education Reform 3) Racial Healing & Reconciliation 4) Criminal Justice Reform 5) Economic Justice

First Baptist Church of Vienna– Social Justice Ministry @FirstBaptistVienna kofiannan321@gmail.com The mission of the First Baptist Church Vienna Social Justice Ministry is to educate the congregation and the surrounding community about issues and politics impacting equity and justice, and to galvanize the community to take action.

Northern Virginia Urban League nvul@gmail.com The mission of the Northern Virginia Urban League is to enable Northern Virginia minorities and other disadvantaged communities to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights through program services and effective advocacy. Our vision is to “Empowering Communities and Changing Lives” by helping individuals, families and communities achieve their full potential.

Moderator Kofi Annan—

kofiannan321@gmail.com Kofi Annan founded The Activated People (TAP), Virginia-based a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting for racial and gender equity. TAP formed the only statewide coalition dedicated to transforming policing in the Commonwealth. In addition, Kofi spearheaded the creation of the Northern Virginia Equity Agenda Coalition, which is comprised of over two dozen organizations and marks the largest coalition of its type dedicated to promoting racial & gender equity. The NOVA EAC has accomplished a great deal since its founding including successfully lobbied for the release of over three dozen non-violent incarcerated individuals from the Fairfax County Detention Center to reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19 in the jail; successfully lobbied for the collection and release of racial and location data of positive COVID-19 cases in Fairfax County; twice successfully lobbied local and state governments to extend eviction moratoriums to prevent the eviction of tenants impacted by COVID-19; and raised over $6,500 to purchase over 20,000 facemasks for lower-income & minority northern Virginia residents.

Kofi previously served two terms as the president of the Fairfax County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The branch led multiple successful advocacy efforts including convincing the county to designate over $10M for affordable housing and police body-worn cameras; helped draft the county’s first police body-worn camera policy; adoption of county-funded study aimed at eliminating racial disparity in police use of force; reform of the County’s School Resource officer policy which led to an almost 60% reduction in student arrests; and successfully advocated for the Fairfax County Public Schools to reform their teacher hiring practices to help reduce discrimination against African American teachers. Under his leadership, the branch was awarded the Thalheimer Award, a national NAACP recognition as the best unit of its size in the country. He also served as the Virginia State Conference NAACP Criminal Justice Committee Chair, where he led the first-ever state-wide Criminal Justice Symposium.

Mr. Annan proudly served eight years in the U.S Army. He holds a Master’s of Science in International Relations from Troy University, and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from Tennessee State University.

Date

Important Dates, Deadlines and Informa on

Request Vote‐at‐Home Ballot

Now

Early Vo ng begins

Friday, September 18, 2020

Online Voter Registra on Deadline

Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 11:59 p.m.

In‐Person Voter Registra on Deadline

Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 5:00 p.m.

By‐Mail Voter Registra on Deadline

Postmarked no later than Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Last Day to Request a Ballot by Mail

Friday, October 23, 2020

Last Day for Early Vo ng

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Elec on Day Vo ng 6:00 a.m. ‐ 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, 2020

A Special THANK YOU to the vision of our frontline Pastors: Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, Alfred Street Baptist Church & Rev. Dr. Walter Vernon, First Baptist Church of Vienna

This program is made possible by the following:

Marlena James (ASBC) Kofi Annan (FBCV) Taryn Anthony (NVUL)

Sharita Cooper, ASBC Renee Servance, ASBC Sharon Ford Watkins, ASBC Jennifer Jones, ASBC Latonia Bullock, ASBC Edric Kirkman, ASBC Gail Templeton, ASBC Deacon Carroll Hebron, Jr., ASBC Angela Kasey (NVUL) Ron Ayers (FBCV) VaLorie Fogle “Yaya”, ASBC (Graphics) Dewayne Stewart, ASBC (Technology)