Youth organizations nationwide will be holding events today to promote the importance of after-school programs.

Locally, VOX Teen Communications is sponsoring a karaoke night at 5 p.m. at their office on 229 Peachtree Street.

According to the Afterschool Alliance, 15 million American children spend their afternoons alone and unsupervised.

For more information, call 404-614-0040.

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Ja’Quon Stembridge, shown here in July at the Henry County Republican Party monthly meeting, recently stepped from his position with the Georgia GOP. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)

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