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• Monthly Branch Meeting

  • When
    23 Jan 2020
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    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Wilde Lake High School

  Branch monthly meeting to discuss branch business. Agenda will be available at the meeting.

  
  

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• 2020 Freedom Fund Jazz and Awards Luncheon

  • When
    2 May 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Hotel at Arundel Preserve, 7795 Arundel Mills Blvd, Hanover MD 21076

  The Howard County Maryland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) invites you to join us for our 41st annual Freedom Fund Jazz and Awards Luncheon on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 11 am.

  This year’s Freedom Fund theme: When We Fight. We Win! captures the spirit of a 110 year-old organization anchored in a legacy of courage and unwavering in its fight for political, educational, social and economic equality for all.

  WHO:

  Featured highlights, speakers and performers include: Keynoter Gloria Mayfield Banks – nationally renowned motivational speaker and civil rights activist; Howard County Executive, Dr. Calvin Ball; NAACP Maryland State Conference incoming president, Willie Flowers; Freedom Fund Chair, Stephanie Wall will be joined by eight honorees who will receive the 2020 NAACP Leadership Awards. Special performances by local NAACP ACT-SO students.

  

  Gloria Mayfield Banks

  WHERE:

  The Hotel at Arundel Preserve | 7795 Arundel Mills Blvd – Hanover, MD – Less than a mile from Arundel Mills Mall. Free garage parking connected to the hotel.

  TICKETS & TABLES:

  Early bird rate for tickets and tables purchased by Jan 21:

  • $80 per ticket
  • $800 per table for 10 ($200 deposit due by Jan 21 and balance due by March 30)

  Regular tickets after Jan 21:

  • $90 per ticket
  • $900 per table for 10

  Student tickets are $55

  Tickets may be purchased online or by mail.

  If purchasing by mail, make checks payable to Howard County Branch NAACP #7020 and mail to:

  
  

  NAACP #7020

  Howard County Branch

  PO Box 622

  Columbia, MD 21045

  SPONSORSHIP:

  Thank you for your consideration of the sponsorship opportunities below as your support helps the NAACP Howard County continue to expand our community programming and to serve the great citizens of Howard County.

  2020 Sponsorship Levels

  $5,000 – Freedom Fighter

  • Invitation to President’s Coffee and Conversation Pre-Reception with honorees and keynote speaker

  • 5 minute welcome remarks from event stage

  • Reserved and premiere VIP table of 10

  • Logo inclusion on all event promotional materials, digital signage and NAACP website

  • NAACP sponsor plaque

  • Opportunity to distribute company promotional items

  • Inclusion in event press release

  $2,500 – Champion

  • Reserved and premier seating for 6

  • Recognition from the event stage

  • Logo inclusion on event collateral, digital signage and NAACP website

  • Inclusion in event press release

  $1,000 – Friend of the NAACP

  • Tickets for 4

  • Logo inclusion on digital signage

  More details and sponsorship form here. Please mail your sponsorship check by March 30, 2020 and make payable to the Howard County Branch NAACP #7020 (notating your sponsor level):

  
  

  NAACP #7020

  Howard County Branch

  Attn: Freedom Fund 2020

  PO Box 622

  Columbia, MD 21045

  PROCEEDS:

  Proceeds from the event will support the Howard County NAACP’s ongoing advocacy and education outreach, our Youth Council and The Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) programs, as well as activities supporting racial equality related to health, housing, employment and business ownership.

  If you have any questions, please contact our event Chair: Stephanie Wall at 443-413-8494.

  
  

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