Turning your guns into meals: that’s the idea behind a gun buyback event in Roanoke.

The fourth annual Groceries Not Guns is taking place this Saturday at the Melrose Community Center.

Some call it a victory, others say it's divisive. Governor Glenn Youngkin signed the marriage equality bill, that would allow anyone who wants to get married to apply for a license.

Meet Dr. Brenda Hale, the longtime president of the Roanoke Branch NAACP.

The Roanoke branch of the NAACP held a Jubilee Day event to commemorate the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law.

On Monday, a group gathered on the steps of Roanoke’s City Hall to rally against development in Evans spring.

Getting guns off the street is the mission of an event exchanging guns for grocery gift cards happening in June.

They say it’s important for a city to know its history – even the parts that aren’t told too often.

Election Day is just around the corner, so Roanoke NAACP hosted its first “Votercade” to push people to vote.

In an effort to get guns off the street, an event will be held where Roanoke residents can exchange guns for grocery gift cards next month.

Advocacy groups say that is more difficult for some with a rise in voter suppression efforts since 2008. “Your voting right is one of the most important things that you have,” said Dr. Brenda Hale, president of the Roanoke branch of the NAACP. Hale said the NAACP works to register eligible voters, educate them and get them to the polls. She said the organization is also on the lookout for instances of voter suppression. Voter suppression is defined as strategies, legal or illegal, to prevent eligible voters from voting or registering to vote.

ROANOKE, Va. – Two separate rallies in Roanoke Sunday afternoon were motivated by the same goal: justice for Breonna Taylor. Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police officers in Louisville, Kentucky on March 13. “It’s modern day lynching: death by police brutality," said Roanoke NAACP chapter president Brenda Hale. The NAACP’s event featured several prominent Roanoke politicians, including Del. No Justice No Peace’s demonstration was more expressive, while the NAACP’s event was more introspective.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. – Black and white, young and old, about three dozen people gathered at the Pigg River Community Center Thursday afternoon to listen to community leaders speak about topics related to the coronavirus. The event was organized by the Franklin County NAACP chapter. “We’re just trying to make it known that there is an NAACP chapter in Franklin County,” Franklin County NAACP President Walter Lawson Jr. said. Questions for Franklin County Schools’ superintendent, not all of which were related to the virus, however, took up the bulk of the hour-long event. Volunteers were also on hand to help people become members of the Franklin County NAACP and register to vote.

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – The NAACP addressed the current rise in coronavirus cases and how the police, schools and health departments are handling it among the African-American community. NAACP news conference in Rocky Mount The NAACP is addressing the current rise in coronavirus cases in Franklin County and how the police, schools and the health departments are handling it among the African-American community. Posted by WSLS 10 / WSLS.com on Thursday, July 9, 2020The Rocky Mount NAACP President Rev Walter Lawson and the Regional NAACP President Brenda Hale hosted this event. We apologize for some technical difficulties with the video.

Lucy Addison Middle School needs us. Hale delivered an impassioned speech to dozens of people at Lucy Addison Middle School Monday evening in response to a fifth principal in 18 months leaving last week. The acting principal is Jonathan Rosser, a product of Roanoke City Schools and a 1995 graduate of William Flemming High School. Many teachers at Addison have had questions about administration, telling 10 News off camera that students are not always on their best behaviors. They pledged to step up and do something, whatever it may be, to save Lucy Addison and its students.

ROANOKE, Va. – While most people celebrated the start of a new decade on New Years’ Day, hundreds of people packed into a Northwest Roanoke church to commemorate a different holiday. The Roanoke chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hosted a Jubilee Day celebration Wednesday afternoon. Jubilee Day commemorates the day in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery. Roanoke NAACP President Brenda Hale hopes the people who came to celebrate Jubilee Day went into 2020 as motivated as ever. We cannot be silent, no matter how oppressed people are in our nation.”Roanoke mayor Sherman Lea also addressed the Jubilee Day crowd.