The Gay Community Center of Richmond
1407 Sherwood Ave., Richmond, Virginia 23220
Wednesday, May 8th 2013
7:00pm- 9:30pm
As in past years APV, in cooperation with numerous other organizations including GETEqual – Va, People of Faith for Equality in Va, Progress Va, Richmond NOW, Sierra Club-Virginia Chapter, UniteWomen.org and Virginians for Responsible Gun Laws is hosting a forum for candidates running for state-wide office in Virginia. We have invited all those who have registered to run in the election including independents, Republicans who will participate in this month’s nominating convention and Democrats who will participate in the June 11th primary.
At present we are expecting four Democratic candidates for Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor; unfortunately the Republican candidates either declined our invitation or did not choose to respond.
We have commitments from Aneesh P Chopra and Ralph Northam who are running for Lieutenant Governor in the June Democratic primary and Justin Fairfax and Mark Herring who are running for Attorney General. We preferred to have candidates speaking in opposition and since Mr. Cuccinelli chose not to attend; Mr. McAuliffe will not be speaking.
In the next four years many important issues will come before our leaders in Richmond: Women’s reproductive choice, uranium mining, transportation, education, LGBTQ equality and nondiscrimination, voting rights, gun laws and more. This is a prime opportunity for you to see and speak with these candidates. The 2013 election will be critical to Virginia’s future and we urge you to get to know those who wish to lead our Commonwealth.
Please join us!
Roland Winston
Deputy Policy Director for Equality and Diversity
Here is a link to our facebook page for this event: https://www.facebook.com/events/596695773676059/
