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2015 Annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Held
Members of the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP held their 2015 Freedom Fund Banquet Friday, October 30th, at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Spectrum Blvd. The theme for this year is “Pursuing Liberty in the Face of Injustice.”
Dr. Bennie Small, Hillsborough County NAACP Branch President served as the Banquet Chairman and businessman, Simeon O. Terry, Vice President of Cor- porate Director of Diversity Affairs for Austin Commercial, L. P., of Dallas, Texas, delivered the keynote address. (Photography By BRUNSON).
Ms. Patricia Meredith and Joe Robinson attended the ban- quet.
GILBERT BRINSON AND DONALD DOWRIDGE
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Smith attended the ban- quet.
City Council Chairman Frank Reddick, center, is shown with Ms. Kim Madison, left, and Attorney Elita McMil- lon at the fundraiser.
Dr. Ken Ray, Vice Presi- dent of Student Services at HCC, is shown with Bobby Bowden.
Ms. Robin Lockett, Pres- ident of the Hillsborough County Democratic Black Caucus, is shown with Mrs. Ida Walker, Administrative Assistant to Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward.
Ms. Celeste Peoples and Ms. Debbie Mercer were among those in attendance at the NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet.
Ross Anderson, educator and founder of Men of Vi- sion, left, is shown with Pro- fessor Keith Berry, of Hillsborough Community College.
Ms. Yvette Lewis is shown with Daryl Richerson at the banquet.
Tarance LeNoir and Ms. Dianne Hart were among the guests at the NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet.
Businessman Marvin Knight, left, is shown with Ernest Coney, Jr., President and CEO of the CDC of Tampa, Inc., and Virgil Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hart, City of Tampa Mi- nority Business Manager attended the banquet.
Several employees of the Hillsborough County School District were among those attending the Freedom Fund Banquet from left to right: Ms. Susan Valdes, Chairman of the Hillsborough County School Board, Owen Young, Dr. Lewis Brinson, Ms. Alva Simmons, Jeff Eakins, Superintendent of the Hillsborough County School District; Ms. Doretha Edgecomb, Vice Chairman of the School Board, Ben Moore, Ms. Melissa Snively, School Board member, and Dr. Alberto Vasquez.
Members of the Tampa Police Department who were on hand for the Annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet were from left to right: Officer Willie Bradford Jr., Officer Jarda Bradford, Lieutenant Mike Flynn, Lieutenant Randy Peters, Chief Eric Ward, Captain Calvin Johnson, Captain Eli Vazquez, Lieutenant Richard Mills and Retired Captain Gerry Felcetto.
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