Norfolk, like each of the FBI’s local field offices, has a community outreach program that complements and strengthens our many efforts to protect you, your businesses, and your families in concrete ways through a range of activities and initiatives.

Our recent activities include:

• Each year since 1990, FBI Special Agents in Charge have had the opportunity to select an individual or organization that has contributed greatly to local crime, drug, and/or violence prevention and to present this person or group with the Director's Community Leadership Award. In 2009, the Norfolk Division awarded its annual award to Ms. Veronica McMillian, the founder of a community-based, non-profit organization known as Let’s Talk Inc., which provides educational and job training, violence prevention programs, and develops role models for young men and women. Previous Director’s Community Leadership Award winners in Norfolk include:
• 2008: Mr. James Graves
• 2007: Ms. Jane G. Cabarrus
• 2003: Mr. Roger W. Brown
• 2002: Mr. Donald A. Moss, Jr.
• 2001: Mr. Paul J. Lanteigne
• 2000: Mr. Henry Colonna
• 1999: Mr. March Cromuel, Jr.
• 1998: Mr. Irvin Beard
• 1997: Mr. Irvine B. Hill
• 1996: Children's Performance Workshops
• In June 2009, we held our latest Citizens' Academy, bringing together a cross section of 29 business, civic, and community leaders to learn firsthand about our operations and programs, not only demystifying our work but creating new contacts and channels for working together and sharing information. See the [following webpage] for more information.

Among our other ongoing efforts:

• Meeting with minority groups and civic organizations to talk about what the FBI can do with them and for them and hosting town hall meetings as needed to dialogue on key issues;
• Sending our special agents and others from the FBI into schools, businesses, and civic meetings to explain emerging crime and security threats and to provide specific advice on how to prevent being victimized by these threats;
• Supporting the graduates of our Citizens’ Academies as they join together in the FBI Norfolk Citizens’ Academy Alumni Association , which works to promote a safer community through community service projects and by educating the community about law enforcement, with a particular emphasis on the mission, resources, and priorities of the FBI;
• Launching drives to bring food, gifts, and toys to the less fortunate during the holidays and throughout the year;
• Encouraging citizens to step forward to report crime and serve as witnesses in court;
• Hosting Adopt-A-School programs that put volunteer agents and staff members inside classrooms to mentor and tutor "at risk" kids.

Visit our national In Your Community website for more information about our overall outreach efforts and our work in other local FBI offices.

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