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BIG Holds Outreach Event for Holiday

Group of people stand smiling in front of sign for museum.
BIG members celebrating 2022 Juneteenth holiday with service project are (from l) Earl Simmons, regional council representative; Alfreda Layne, 2nd vice president; Brenda Agunyego; Laurrita Spriggs, membership committee chair; Alexis Braxton, president; and Chanteshea Bulluck, web administrator.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture building on the National Mall
BIG hosted a school supply drive at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall.
Group of people stand smiling in front of sign for museum.
BIG members shown are (from l) Chanteshea Bulluck, web administrator; Earl Simmons, regional council representative; Harold Atkins, acting 1st vice president; Carl Clay, financial secretary; Alexis Braxton, president; Alfreda Layne, 2nd vice president; and Brenda Agunyego.

NIH’s chapter of Blacks In Government (BIG) celebrated Juneteenth by hosting a community outreach event—a school supply drive—at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall.

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