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Please join us for a conversation with Councilman John T. Chapman moderated by AHA member Howard Weiss. This is a Zoom program. Please RSVP by September 18.

Biography

Prior to his election to city council, Mr. Chapman served as an appointee to the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission, Vice President of the Volunteer Alexandria Board of Directors, Vice President of Membership for the Taylor Run Citizens’ Association, First Night Alexandria Board of Directors, former Vice Chair of the city’s Youth Policy Commission and a former President of the Alexandria Branch of the NAACP, the youngest in the history of the branch. He also remains an active member of the Xi Alpha Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network and Alfred Street Baptist Church.

Chapman, who is born and raised in Alexandria, graduated from Saint Stephen’s and Saint Agnes School. He is also a graduate of Saint Olaf College in Minnesota, having obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies Education. Chapman is also a 2008 graduate of the Minority Political Leadership Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University and a 2010 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at University of Virginia. Professionally, Chapman is a career educator and currently works as a Community Use Program Specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools.