News for You - March 2019

NEWS FOR YOU

March 2019

In this Issue:

General Meeting/Women's History Panel - March 9
ACT-SO Open House - March 9
Young Adult Social - March 9
Housing Forum - March 14
Commonwealth's Attorney Forum - March 16
Fairfax County Budget Townhall - March 18
Black Politics: Beyond Northam - March 28
Scenes from the Black History Month Celebration

General Membership Meeting

Join us for our monthly meeting on Saturday, March 9 from 10 AM - 12 PM at Kings Park Community Library (Braddock District Supervisor's Conference Room), located at 9000 Burke Lake Rd, Burke, VA 22015.

A brief business meeting will be followed by the Women's History Panel Discussion (see flyer below).

Women's History Panel Discussion

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ACT-SO Open House

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Young Adult Social

Join the Young Adult Committee, Senator Surovell, Supervisor Storck and others for this social event on jobs, job creation and workforce housing in Fairfax County.

Light refreshments provided.

Opportunity to discuss North Hill and EMBARK with our representatives.

Meet and greet fellow entrepreneurs/business owners in the county.

Come talk with The Fairfax County Public Schools Human Resource Representatives about employment opportunities and general information within FCPS.

This event is co-sponsored by Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network.

All are welcome/invited!

Check out the event page on Facebook

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Housing Forum

This event is free; however donations are always welcome to support continued advocacy efforts around this issue.

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Commonwealth's Attorney Forum

This event is co-sponsored by

ACLU People Power of Fairfax

Opportunities Alternatives and Resources (OAR)

Northern Virginia Black Attorneys Association

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Fairfax County Budget Townhall

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Black Politics: Beyond Northam

Join the Fairfax NAACP for a panel discussion on race, politics, and how to move forward.

Black Politics: Beyond Northam

Many elected officials and community activists have been invited to speak!

Panelists include :

EJ Scott, Chair, Democratic Black Caucus of VA

Pastor Vernon Walton, First Baptist Church of Vienna

Kofi Annan, President of Fairfax County NAACP

Thu, March 28, 2019

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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First Baptist Church of Vienna

450 Orchard Street NW

Vienna, VA 22180

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Scenes from the BHM Celebration

Kofi Annan, NAACP President, recognizes outgoing Hunter Mill District School Board Member Pat Hynes (left); and Hunter Mill District Supervisor, Catherine Hudgins (right)

Keynote Speaker, Dontae Bugg

Sean Perryman, NAACP Vice President recognizes SURJ NOVA as the 2018-19 Fairfax NAACP Community Award winner

Herndon Middle School Step Team performs

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Fairfax NAACP Officers, At-Large Members and Committee Chairs

Officers:

President

Kofi Annan

president@fairfaxnaacp.org

First Vice President

Sean Perryman

1stvp@fairfaxnaacp.org

Second Vice President

Michelle Leete

2ndvp@fairfaxnaacp.org

Third Vice President

Niki Zimmerman

3rdvp@fairfaxnaacp.org

Treasurer

Mohamed Rahman

treasurer@fairfaxnaacp.org

Secretary

Teresa Little

secretary@fairfaxnaacp.org

Assistant Secretary

Abigail (Abby) Fox

secretary@fairfaxnaacp.org

At-Large Members :

Shareem Annan

Michael Davis

Andrew Twigg

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Committee Chairs:

ACT-SO

Flossie Lomax

act-so@fairfaxnaacp.org

Armed Services and Veterans Affairs

Niki Zimmerman

veterans@fairfaxnaacp.org

Communications, Press, and Publicity

Naveed Shah

communications@fairfaxnaacp.org

Community Involvement

Donald Craig

community@fairfaxnaacp.org

Criminal Justice

Tre Ferguson

justice@fairfaxnaacp.org

Economic Development

Niki Zimmerman

economicdev@fairfaxnaacp.org

Education

Sean Perryman

education@fairfaxnaacp.org

Fair and Affordable Housing

Mary Paden

housing@fairfaxnaacp.org

Freedom Fund (Fundraising)

Michelle Leete

freedomfund@fairfaxnaacp.org

Health

Linda Shealey Cook

health@fairfaxnaacp.org

Legal Redress

Veronica Harsley-Dean, Esq.

legalredress@fairfaxnaacp.org

Membership

Abigail (Abby) Fox

membership@fairfaxnaacp.org

Political Action

Donald Craig

politicalaction@fairfaxnaacp.org

Religious Affairs

Hurunnessa Fariad

religiousaffairs@fairfaxnaacp.org

Women in NAACP (WIN)

Mattie Palmore and Sabrina Pinnix

win@fairfaxnaacp.org

Young Adult

Christina Cherry and Mohamed Rahman

youngadult@fairfaxnaacp.org

Youth Council

youthcouncil@fairfaxnaacp.org

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