We hope you will join us in Alabama to celebrate 56 years of our work and progress in the development of the Federation as the nation's oldest and largest cooperatively Black-owned institution and the foremost organization serving Black farmers, landowners, and cooperatives across the South.

The 22nd Annual Estelle Witherspoon Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet will be held at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel located at 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N, Birmingham, Alabama, 35203.

This is primarily a fundraising event.

We are thrilled to announce that our prestigious 22nd Annual Estelle Witherspoon Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the remarkable Xernona Clayton.

This agenda is not final. The times shown may adjust a bit.

• 7:30 - 9:45 AM CST - Breakfast
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• 10 AM USDA PANEL
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• Lunch
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• Workshop, tours, state association tables
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• 3:00 PM CST - Bus takes group travel participants to the hotel to check-in
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• 6 PM CST - Fish Fry
• live auction & entertainment
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• 10-ish PM GROUP TRAVEL returns to hotel

This agenda is not final. The times shown may adjust a bit.

• 7:30 AM CST - Mattie Mack Pretty Hat Prayer Breakfast

• Anulet P. Jackson Scholarships Awards

• MEMBER-ONLY Business MEETING including reports from the Board of Directors, Executive Director, and our state caucuses OF COOPERATIVES.

• Lunch

• 3:00 PM CST GROUP TRAVEL participants depart

Members-Only

BUSINESS MEETING

Annual Meeting Questions?

Please contact our Events team. In the email body please include your (a) full name, (b) telephone number, (c) the state you are coming from (d) and, your event question (s).

Please allow 24-48 hours for a response to all membership inquiries emailed regarding the annual meeting.

IMPORTANT EVENT DATES

• July 30th - Virtual Option Announcement
• August 1st - Membership Dues Payment Deadline to vote during Annual Meeting.
• August 4th - Scholarship Application Deadline
• August 10th - Registration Closes

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund is a 56-year-old cooperative association of Black farmers, landowners, and cooperatives.

Our mission is to be a catalyst for the development of self-supporting communities through cooperative economic development, land retention, and advocacy. We envision sustainable rural communities supported by a network of farmers, landowners, and cooperatives based on local control and ownership.