National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Bergen County Branch
P.O. Box 1136 Teaneck, NJ 07666
Telephone: (201) 227-1875 • Fax: (201) 227-0580

EXECUTIVE BOARD:
President
Anthony Cureton
First Vice President
Nathaniel Briggs
Second Vice President
Renee Coley
Third Vice President
Barbara Gardner
Secretary
Jeanette Lane
Assistant Secretary
Margo Cooper
Treasurer
Michele Henry

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Paul Aronsohn
Joan Boone
Kathy Brazil
Bernice Click
Carter Jackson
Beverly Johnson
Fredrick L. Johnson
Dolores Phillips
Robert Robinson
Edna Spradley
Freedom Fund Committee
Yomaira Collazo
Deborah Hall

October 5, 2017 For Immediate Release

Steadfast and Immovable — Our Votes Count

Bergen County NAACP to Host Annual Awards Event

Teaneck — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Bergen County will hold its annual Freedom Fund Awards Brunch on Saturday, October 21st.
This year’s theme, “Steadfast and Immovable – Our Votes Count” underscores the mission of the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely-recognized grassroots based civil rights organization “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.”

“No question about it, this will be an important event,” explained NAACP Bergen Country Chapter President Anthony Cureton. “We will not only honor some of Bergen’s most extraordinary people; we will also reaffirm our steadfast commitment to our all-important social justice mission.”

Hackensack attorney Jason E. Foy, Esq. will be the keynote speaker.

Several Bergen County people will be recognized for their work within our community:

Freedom Fund Award Lizette Parker Trailblazer Award
Robert Robinson Julian X. Neals, Esq.
(Hackensack) (Hackensack / County Executive’s Office)

President’s Award (Julian Bond) The Honorable Thurgood Marshall Award
Dr. Henry Pruitt John Herbert, Esq.
(Teaneck) (Englewood)

Community Service Award Youth Community Service Award
Jarred Peterson Gerald Chavis Jasmine Jackson Cory Nieves
(Englewood) (Englewood) (Teaneck) (Englewood)
Bonita Barnhart
(Englewood)

Youth Recognition Award
Debbie Adam Isaiah Anderson Kera Bell Shayla Crawford-Hymon Raven Cureton
(Englewood) (Hackensack) (Hackensack) (Teaneck) (Englewood)
Yen Lu Jordan McKoy CheyAri Payne Leticia Wood Rurie Yi
(Upper Saddle River) (Westwood) (Westwood) (Bergenfield) (Rutherford)

This annual awards event will held at The Terrace in Paramus from 11:30am t0 3:30pm.
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