Advance Evening News
This evening's stories include a bill that would establish a statewide military sexual assault prevention & response program, & Loraine Page talks with the sisters behind Agora Downtown Coffee.
Black History Month Quote
“If you know whence you came, there really is no limit to where you can go.”
- James Baldwin, from his open letter “My Dungeon Shook,” December 1962
Virginia State Senate to Take Up Military Sexual Assault Bill Championed by Local Woman
By Adele Uphaus
Jean Ibanez Payne served in the U.S. Navy for 4.5 years, and during that time, she experienced unwanted sexual contact, abuse, assault, and harassment more than 20 times.
She is determined to ensure that no one else has to suffer what she did.
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AT HOME: Stepping Out for a Mid-Morning Snack
By Loraine Page
I received an invite to visit with the owners of the Agora Downtown Coffee Shop on Caroline Street.
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