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First Bay Area BIG Blog Post

Welcome to the Bay Area's first blog post commissioned by LaVerne Feaster, President of the Bay Area Chapter of Blacks in Government.

Monthly meetings are held at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center in the Post Office Auditorium.

The Bay Area Chapter was chartered in 2005 and began with a group of employees who were employed at the Veteran's Benefits Administration and the Veterans Healthcare Administration.

2013-2015 OFFICERS
A. LaVerne Feaster, President
Jonathan Wade, Vice President
Annette Whitfield, Secretary
Joan Harris, Treasurer

PURPOSE: An advocate of equal opportunity and professional Development for Black government employees at the Local, State, and Federal levels and others dedicated to justice for all.

VISION: Blacks in Government to be recognized as the best public Sector employee advocacy organization today and the only clear choice Tomorrow.

MISSION: Blacks in Government is mandated to promote equity, excellence, and opportunity through employee advocacy, professional development and empowerment of African-American and others dedicated to justice and equity at all levels of government.

VALUES: Loyalty, Dedication, Responsiveness, Integrity, Selfless Service, and Respect.

Blacks in Government 's (B.I.G.) influence is global in that our Annual National Training Conference attendees reside in foreign countries, such as Japan, England, Germany, Korea, Italy, as well as the United States and its territories.

Name:                           Blacks in Government (B.I.G.), Inc.
Incorporated:                February 1976
National President:        Darlene H. Young
Headquarters:               3005 Georgia Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 2001
Website:                       www.bignet.org
Constituency:                Local, State and Federal government employees




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