Courtesy of University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
The Pine Bluff Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announces plans for its 31st Annual Dove Freedom Fund Banquet. UAPB Campus Chapter members will attend the event that will be held Friday, October 13, 2023, at the Pine Bluff Convention Center, at 6:00 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Judge Joe Brown. The theme is “Thriving for Excellence: When We Fight, We WIN.”
This event brings together a diverse group of citizens and community leaders. In recent years, because of the generous support of corporate, business, civic, and community partners like you, the Pine Bluff Branch NAACP has been successful in making a difference in the Pine Bluff community by:
- Focusing on key issues that affect the citizens in the Pine Bluff Community
- Giving scholarships to deserving youth/college students who live in Pine Bluff
- Sponsoring health and voter education programs, and
- Advocating to eliminate racial prejudice, and to improve the political, educational, social, and economic status of minority groups.
According to the PB NAACP invite, the Dove Freedom Fund Banquet is a major means of raising revenue to continue these vital programs. The Pine Bluff Branch of the NAACP is known nationwide for its award-winning programs and commitment to justice and civil rights for all citizens. The announcement also shared that the Pine Bluff branch continues to hold the honor of being the largest Branch in the State of Arkansas. The Branch supports a youth council and a college chapter at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.