NAACP Unit 1134 Presents the 79th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet: Black Women Are Supreme

Keynote Speaker:
Kitara Johnson-Jones

www.kitarajohnson.com

September 10, 2022, 4pm-8pm

at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club
3885 NW Golf Club Hill Rd
Bremerton, WA 98312

Tickets are $95

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• Got questions? Email naacpbremerton@yahoo.com or call 360-286-1788. Also featuring: Silent Auction, Dessert Dash, Community Awards, and Special Guests

Come hear talks from experts:

• Planning your future

• Tips on planning your estate

• How to make sure you’re fully compensated after being in an automobile accident

• Learn about starting a great career as a financial planner with Edward Jones

FREE to attend. FREE food and drinks.

Join your local NAACP unit for a community round table; bring your thoughts and questions related to issues related to schools, bullying, IEP violations, etc.
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Special guests will include:
* Lara Hruska and Chris Williams of Cedar Law, where attorneys of diverse backgrounds and specializations share a passion for equity, diversity, and education.
* Sharonda D. Amamilo, Attorney at Thurston County Office of Assigned Counsel

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold the 110th National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, in July of 2019. Watch for more details to come as we draw closer to pre-registration and convention time. Date and location TBD. Stay tuned to naacpconvention.org for details.

Join your local NAACP unit for Black History Month with this informative panel followed by an interactive discussion/Q&A session.
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This event will be immediately preceded by a brief (6-6:25 p.m.) regular NAACP 1134 general body meeting, also at the downtown Bremerton branch of the Kitsap Regional Library.

Our History, Our Leaders

Celebrating 75 years

Unit 1134 is celebrating 75 years. Tickets are $65 in advance and $75 at the door. There will be a dessert frenzy, silent auction, and awards.

Our speakers will be Judge Helen Whitener, Pierce County Superior Court who will give a Ted Talk Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington and Founder of BlackPast.org who will close out the evening as our main speaker and give a demonstration of BlackPast.org.

If you are vegetarian please email naacpbremerton@yahoo.com

Sponsorships

We also have several different sponsorship opportunities. Make a difference with a program ad or table sponsorship.

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18th Annual Mission Outreach Day
Saturday March 3rd
Salvation Army, 832 6th ST, Bremerton, WA

2 p.m. - Cheryl Nuñez (Olympic College) and Alyson Rotter (Kitsap Strong) - speakers and workshop
4 p.m. - historical program

The Mission Outreach Day event is a celebration of several occasions in the history of the modern day church in which the church took successful actions to protect the basic human rights of people who were under attack. These occasions were:
** The adoption of the Namibian Constitution (February 1990)
** The release of Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa (right after the adoption of the Namibian Constitution)
** The People Power Revolution in the Philippines (February 1986)
** The Bloody Sunday march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama (March 7, 1965)