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Congresswoman
Maxine
Waters
to
receive
Lifetime
Achievement
Award at
Detroit
NAACP’s
Annual
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
DETROIT
–
Congresswoman
Maxine
Waters
(D-CA,
43rd
District)
will
receive
the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP’s
James
Weldon
Johnson
Lifetime
Achievement
Award at
the 62nd
Annual
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner.
The
Dinner
will
take
place on
Sunday,
April
23, 2017
at 5 pm
at Cobo
Conference
and
Convention
Center
in
Detroit.
In
addition
to
honoring
Congresswoman
Waters,
Jane C.
Garcia,
Board
Chair,
Latin
American
for
Social
and
Economic
Development
(LASED)
will
receive
the Ida
B. Wells
Freedom
and
Justice
Award.
U.S.
Senator
Elizabeth
Warren
(D-Massachusetts)
will
serve as
this
year’s
Keynote
speaker.
Additional
honorees
include
Sally
Yates,
former
U.S.
Attorney
General,
who will
receive
the Mary
Church
Terrell
Freedom
and
Justice
Award;
and
Great
Expectations
Awardees
--
Angelique
Peterson-Mayberry,
Vice
President,
Detroit
Public
Schools
Community
District
School
Board
and the
Eastern
Michigan
University
Black
Student
Union
and
NAACP
Chapter.
There
will
also be
a
special
tribute
to women
performed
by the
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
Youth
Entertainment
Corp.
All
women
attendees
to the
62nd
Annual
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
are
encouraged
to wear
white.
“We are
excited
to honor
Congresswoman
Waters
with the
James
Weldon
Johnson
Lifetime
Achievement
Award,”
says
Rev. Dr.
Wendell
Anthony,
President,
Detroit
Branch
NAACP.
“Her
career
of
public
service
has been
dedicated
to
speaking
truth to
power
and we
applaud
her for
not
backing
down and
continuing
to be a
much
needed
voice
and
advocate
for all.
We are
also
please
to
uplift
LASED
Board
Chair
Jane
Garcia.
She
remains
steadfast
and
vigilant
in
working
for
justice
for our
Latino
brothers
and
sisters.
The
place to
be on
Sunday
April 23
is the
62nd
Annual
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
to hear
from
this
powerful
line up
speakers
and
awardees
committed
to
freedom
and
justice.”
Tables,
tickets
and
sponsorships
are
available.
For more
information
please
call
(313)
871-2087.
The
Detroit
Branch
NAACP is
the
largest
branch
in the
Association.
For more
information
please
call
(313)
871-2087.
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