Under the slogan “Jobs, Peace, Justice”, the 4th Annual Virginia People Assembly gets under way this morning in Church Hill.

This evening it will include a 1.5 miles march from East Broad Street to the State Capitol, then to Kanawha Plaza.

And then later, participants are encouraged to join
a protest against former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates, who will be speaking at the Landmark Theater, next to Monroe Park as part of the Richmond Forum series.
The slogan: “We need Jobs and Justice, not War!”