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NAACP To Host Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
DERRICK JOHNSON NAACP NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND CEO Keynote Speaker
JOHN STREATER Asa Phillip Randolph Award
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Friday, October 15th the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP will hold its Annual Freedom Fund Din- ner. The event will take place at the Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin Street, beginning at 6 p.m. The theme for the event this year is, “When We Fight, We Win.”
Ms. Yvette Lewis is president of the Hillsbor- ough Count Branch NAACP. This year’s banquet co- chairs are the Honorable Arthenia Joyner and At- torney Delano Stewart.
Attorney Derrick Johnson is the National President and CEO of the NAACP since October 2017. He is this year’s Keynote Speaker.
The recipient of the Liv- ing Bridges Award is Rev. Dr. Shafter Scott. As student council president in the 1960s at Howard W. Blake High School, he worked with Tampa Bay
ATTY. ARTHENIA JOYNER Freedom Fund Dinner Co-Chair
MS. KATIE MCGILL Dr. Dorothy Height Award
NAACP leaders on the stu- dent sit-ins at Kress and Woolworth lunch counters in downtown.
Rev. Scott is the pastor at St. Mary’s Missionary Baptist Church, and is affili- ated with numerous organi- zations including, Hillsbo- rough County Urban League, the Tuskegee Alumni Associ- ation, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Ms. Ailani C. Forde is the recipient of the Madame C. J. Walker Award.
Ms. Forde was capti- vated by the spirit of entre- preneurship at age 7, starting a flip-flop company, Fancy Flops by Ailani.
In its 7th year, Ailani’s company has expanded to include t-shirts, headbands, wallets, lipstick cases, and wall art.
John Streater, Ph.D.,
is the recipient of the A. Philip Randolph Award. Upon retiring from Robinson High School after 24 years, Streater’s heightened perspective on
ATTY.DELANO STEWART Freedom Fund Dinner Co-Chair
MAJOR ANTHONY COLLINS Samuel J. Battle Award
the interrelatedness of life led him to the labor move- ment. When he learned the 1st Baptist Church of Talla- hassee voted 640-626 not to allow African Americans to join the church in 1964. Since that time, he has been an active participant in the labor movement and he is engaged in those activities that seek to raise the com- munity’s level of conscious- ness as well.
Ms. Katie McGill is the recipient of the Dr. Dorothy Height Award.
We know her best as the motivated and inspiring leader behind Dress for Suc- cess Tampa Bay, first as a volunteer and then as Execu- tive Director, helping more than 12,000 women get back on their feet with a new out- look on life. Prior to that, she spent 10 years working with the Centre for Women, 9 years volunteering with the Hillsborough County Women’s Correctional facil- ity, and 20 years volunteer- ing with the Crisis Center of Tampa.
REV. DR. SHAFTER SCOTT Living Bridges Award
SGT. B. J. CURRY Ella Baker Unsung Hero Award
Major Anthony Collins of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office is the recipient of the Samuel J. Battle Award, the first African American police of- ficer in New York City in 1911.
Having served in many positions as deputy and su- pervisor with the office, Major Collins’s passion for his investigative duties is second only to his commit- ment to see others succeed. This commitment is height- ened as it relates to the youth of our community. Major Collins currently sits on the Board of Direc- tors for several organiza- tions and is a member of the NAACP.
The NAACP 2021 Ella Baker Unsung Hero Award goes to retired Tampa Police Sgt. B. J. Curry, President of Advo- cates for Humanity. The or- ganization coalesces with other organizations that identifies voter registration as one of its primary objec- tives.
MS. AILANI FORDE C. J. Walker Award
MICHAEL CLAYTON Daisy Bates Award
Daisy Bates was a piv- otal figure in the Civil Rights Movement and a principal leader in the Little Rock Nine Integration Crisis of 1957.
Michael Clayton has been chosen as the recipient of the Daisy Bates Award. Clayton is the per- sonification of determina- tion, tenacity, and endurance. He played colle- giate football at Louisiana State University.
Clayton went on to forgo his senior year and was drafted in the first round to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as their 15th pick of the 2004 Draft. Clayton played 6 years with the Bucs.
A few years after retire- ment he landed a morning talk show job on CBS in Tampa, where he spent 3 years as one of the main tal- ents on Channel 10.
Henowisapartofthe#1 show for pre- and post- game Buc’s coverage on 620 WDAE and has earned the reputation for telling it just like it is.