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Committee on Education and Workforce Development
The Committee on
 Education and Workforce Development
 will receive testimony on the following bill.
BLOCK I:
                                                                                                             
3:00 PM -4:30 PM
Bill 
34-0147
           
An Act amending the Virgin Islands Code title 10, chapter 1, sections 2 and 3 relating to discrimination on account of race to include discrimination on the basis of hair texture and title 17, chapter 3 relating to education to enact “The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act” or “The Virgin Islands Crown Act of 2021”
 
Invited Testifiers:
Denise Benjamin
, Owner, Miss Naturalista
Adjoa B. AsaMoah
, Founder & CEO ABA Consulting Leader of the CROWN Coalition
Mrs. Aminah Saleem
Mr. Shomari Moorehead
Mrs. Kimberley Moorehead
 
BLOCK II:
                                                                                                                       
5:30 PM
 
The committee will receive testimony from the Virgin Islands Department of Education and the Virgin Islands Board of Education on the plans for the 2022 school reopening.
Invited Testifiers: 
Honorable Racquel Berry Benjamin
, Commissioner Virgin Islands Department of Education
Mr. Kyza Callwood, Chairman
, Virgin Islands Board of Education
 
 
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Date
Nov 23 2021
Expired!
 
Time
 
3:00 pm
 
 
Location
Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall
Charlotte Amalie
 
Category
 
Education and Workforce Development
 
Organizer
 
Senator Genevieve R. Whitaker
 
Phone
 
(340) 773-2424
 
Email
 
senatorwhitaker@legvi.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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