The Week Ahead
Saturday
Rep. Barbara Lee (D) will hold a town-hall meeting in Oakland to raise awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS in the black community and to encourage community involvement to stop the spread of the disease. Lee also will hold a town-hall meeting in Oakland with federal Environmental Health Agency officials about the efforts to improve the area's air quality. The region has one of the nation's highest asthma rates, due in large part to air pollution.
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