NAACP
Berkshire County Branch
Unit #2044
Freedom Fund Awards Dinner
Sat, November 3, 2018
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
We will be honoring three powerful women who lift our community and exemplify strength in feminity: Mabel Hamilton, Dr. Francis Jones-Sneed and Associate Professor Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste
Our Keynote Speaker for the Freedom Fund Dinner will be one of our honorary awardees, UMass Amherst Associate Professor Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste.
Wanda Houston will return to entertain us with her soulful sound as we enjoy an evening of community coming together.
“One Nation Working Together, For Justice and Equality Everywhere”
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Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, campaigning for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization.