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NAACP To Host Annual Freedom Fund Dinner
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Friday, October 15th the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP will hold its Annual Freedom Fund Dinner. The event will take place at the Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin Street, begin- ning at 6 p.m. The theme for the event this year is, “When We Fight, We Win.”
Ms. Yvette Lewis is pres- ident of the Hillsborough Count Branch NAACP. This year, the Chairmanship duties are shared by the Honorable Arthenia Joyner and At- torney Delano Stewart.
Currently the National President and CEO of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Col- ored People) President Der- rick Johnson has served in
DERRICK JOHNSON NAACP NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND CEO Keynote Speaker
this position since October 2017. Since undertaking the role as president, Johnson has led the organization through a period of re-envi- sioning and re-invigoration.
Under the leadership, President Johnson has un- dertaken the efforts of the 2018 “Log Out” Facebook Campaign, the Jamestown
MS. YVETTE LEWIS President Hillsborough County Branch NAACP
Partnership, marking the 400th anniversary of the ar- rival of African slaves, the 2020 “We are Done Dying Campaign,” exposing in- equities embedded into the African American healthcare system, and the victorious 2020 Supreme Court lawsuit, NAACP vs. Trump, that prevented the Donald Trump Administration
ATTORNEY ARTHENIA JOYNER CO-CHAIR,
FREEDOM FUND DINNER
from rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program for millions of young immigrants, among other ac- complishments.
A practicing attorney and humanitarian, President Johnson is a veteran activist, who achieved many goals and improvements for the quality of life in the State of Missis-
ATTORNEY DELANO STEWART CO-CHAIR, FREEDOM FUND DINNER
sippi.
President Johnson is a
native of Detroit, Michigan. He earned his B. A. degree from Tougaloo College and continued his education at the South Texas College of Law. He earned his J. D. degree from that establishment.
He is the 19th National President of the Civil Rights organization.
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