The New Britain Branch of the NAACP has announced the 2018 Twenty-Five Most Influential Blacks in New Britain who will be the honorees at its upcoming Freedom Fund Dinner.
New Britain’s 2018 Freedom Fund Dinner will be held on October 19th.
“To encourage Blacks to continue with their work toward social, political, economic, educational advancement and the mobility of Black people,” New Britain NAACP President Ronald P. Davis has said, “25 Most Influential Blacks in New Britain will be honored for their work.”
The NAACP’s 2018 Twenty-Five Most Influential Blacks in New Britain are:
- Alderman Brian Keith Albert
- Professor Stephen Balkaran
- Rev. Gervais Barger
- Jerry Carter
- Deivone Tanksley
- Veronica Delandro
- Valerie Ingram
- Rev. Jacqueline King
- Tracey Nixon-Moore
- Dr. Evelyn Phillips
- Rev. Brian Riley
- Dr. Nicole Rodriquez
- Bishop Dale I. Shaw, Sr.
- Coach Darwin Shaw
- Chief Gregory Sneed
- Michele Stewart-Copes
- Dr. Ron E. Surrey
- Tarus Kenny
- Exalted Ruler Keith Thomas
- Dr. Shuana K. Tucker
- Dr. John W. Walker
- Rachel Young
- John T. Hamilton
- Paulette Fox
- Alicia Strong
The Freedom Fund Dinner will begin with a social hour for the at 5:30pm, with the dinner program beginning at 6:30pm. The event will be held at the St. George Hellenic Center at 301 West Main Street.
The keynote speaker for the Freedom Fund program will be Dr. Karen Dubois-Walton. Dubois-Walton is past Regional President, Past State Coordinator and currently Chapter and State Social Action Chair for the Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She the Executive Director of the New Haven Housing Authority.
Tickets for the event are $80.00 for adults and $40.00 for college students and children 18 and under. The ticket price also includes annual NAACP membership.
Tickets may be purchased by calling 860-944-1237 or online through PayPal at paypal.me/NAACP2006NewBritain.
The annual Freedom Fund Membership Dinner supports the mission of the New Britain Branch of the NAACP #2006 to organize in New Britain and empower its residents to win a better, more equal, more just community by working in support of equal access to quality education, decent housing, health care, criminal justice reform, participatory democracy and much more.
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities.
