PLP Visits Southwest VA For First Time

For the first time in the 15-year history of the Sorensen Institute's programs, our Political Leaders Program will be gathering for a class session in far southwest Virginia.

On Friday afternoon, members of the PLP Class of 2009 will travel to Buchanan County to tour a coal mine (literally-- helmets and all); then it's on to Abingdon for a weekend of learning, civil debate, and discussion.

In the past the PLP has often paid visits to Roanoke, but has never ventured much further into Virginia's beautiful and historic southwestern region. This will be a first. By the way, Abingdon is over 360 miles from Alexandria and more than 400 miles west of Virginia Beach!

Sorensen's Political Leaders Program meets one weekend a month for ten months in various locations throughout the Commonwealth. Participants have the benefit of experiencing the diversity of Virginia up close, as well as seeing for themselves the many implications of policy decisions that are made in Richmond.

Applications are now being accepted to the PLP Class of 2010.