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April
Ryan and
Clifton
Powell
to
attend
64th
Annual
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
DETROIT
– The
64th
Annual
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
promises
to be
one of
excitement,
high
energy,
and full
of
surprises.
The
stars
will
shine
brightly
on
Sunday,
May 5,
2019. We
are
pleased
to
announce
a
special
red-
carpet
pathway
for
those
attending
the
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner.
For many
who have
never
had the
red-
carpet
experience
this is
designed
to make
everyone
attending
feel
special
and
important
for this
historic
event.
The red
carpet
will be
held
from
3:00 -
4:30 pm
on
Freedom
Sunday.
We
are
pleased
to
announce
that one
of
Americas
foremost
journalists
and
White
House
correspondent
will be
in
attendance
to
receive
our very
special
Ida B.
Wells
Freedom
&
Justice
Award.
She is
known
for her
piercing
questions,
unrelenting
pursuit
of truth
and
transparency.
She has
often
been
chided
by the
President
of the
United
States
as a
trouble
maker
and has
been
told to
“sit
down”
and ask
no
further
questions
in press
briefings
at the
White
House.
She is
an
author,
writer,
and
Washington
D.C.,
bureau
chief of
American
Urban
Radio
Networks.
She is a
political
analyst
for CNN
and was
named as
the
Journalist
of the
Year in
2017 by
the
National
Association
of Black
Journalists.
She has
covered
four
presidential
administrations.
The
recipient
of this
prestigious
award is
of
course
journalist
April
Ryan.
There
will be
no
shortage
of star
power at
this
year’s
dinner.
One of
our very
special
guests
is the
recipient
of the
NAACP
Image
Award
for
Outstanding
Actor in
a Motion
Picture.
He has
appeared
in more
than 100
films,
including
Menace
to
Society,
Dead
Presidents,
Next
Friday,
Friday
After
Next,
and Ray.
He has
played
Rev. Dr.
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr. in
the film
Selma,
Lord,
Selma.
He guest
starred
in the
Heat of
the
Night
and
Murder
She
Wrote.
He is
also a
philanthropist
and an
advocate
for
those in
the
criminal
justice
system.
We are
pleased
to
welcome
television
and film
star
Clifton
Powell
to the
city of
Detroit.
There is
a great
need to
enhance
involvement
of young
people
and
millennials
in the
struggle
for
social
justice.
We have
a great
appreciation
for
those
artists
like
Akon,
who will
of
course
be the
recipient
of our
W.E.B
DuBois
Freedom
and
Justice
Award,
but also
others
who are
working
to
improve
the
quality
of life
in our
community.
We
believe
in
Edutainment
–
Education
for the
head and
Entertainment
for the
soul.
He is a
singer
and song
writer,
nominated
for Best
Male R&B
Vocals
performance
at the
2008
Grammy
awards
for his
single
Woman,
2009
Best R&B
Song,
2011
Best R&B
Album
The Love
And War
Masterpiece,
has
appeared
on the
Tonight
Show and
Jimmy
Kimmel
Live,
and has
been
compared
to the
likes of
Marvin
Gaye,
Donny
Hathaway,
and
Stevie
Wonder.
We
welcome
to
Detroit
hip hop,
rock,
neo soul
star
Raheem
DeVaughn.
All
of these
individuals
will be
in
attendance
at the
Fight
For
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
and we
also are
excited
that
Raheem
Devaughn
will
perform
at the
special
President’s
Reception
following
the
dinner.
Tickets
are very
limited
to this
and will
be
available
on a
first
come,
first
serve
basis.
You must
have
purchased
a
ticket
to the
dinner
to be
eligible
to
secure a
ticket
for the
President’s
Reception
with
Raheem
DeVaughn.
Leading
up to
the
dinner
is
Freedom
Weekend,
sponsored
by the
Freedom
Institute
for
Economic,
Social
Justice,
and
People
Empowerment.
The
Freedom
Institute
works in
conjunction
with the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP
and
other
community
entities
to
present
Freedom
Weekend,
scheduled
for
Wednesday,
May 1st
through
Saturday,
May 4th.
One of
the key
events
will be
our Dr.
Ron
Walters
National
Townhall
on Power
Economics,
focusing
on
technology
and
entrepreneurship.
Detroit
will be
the site
for
industry
leaders
coming
to
present
business
opportunities
- how to
start
your
tech
companies,
entrepreneurship
pathways
for
minorities
and
women
looking
for ways
to
enhance
or begin
a new
business.
The
panel
will be
composed
of Dr.
Paul
Judge,
inventor,
entrepreneur,
investor,
Co-Founder
of
Pindrop,
a
company
that
sells
phone,
anti-fraud,
and
authentication
services.
He is a
member
of the
Fortune
2016 40
and
Under
List,
Top 100
Innovators
Under
35,
Black
Enterprise
50 Most
Powerful
Players
Under
40, and
InfoWorld’s
Top 25
Chief
Technology
Officer.
Also
included
is
Denmark
West,
CIO of
the
Connectivity
Ventures
Fund,
and
partner
of
Connectivity
Capital
Partners,
former
president
of BET
Digital
Media
Division
and
Executive
Vice
President
of MTV
Networks.
We are
pleased
to
welcome
Frederick
Hutson,
Founder
and
Developer
of
Pigeonly,
printing
electronic
communications
for
inmates
and
mailings
to be
used for
the
United
States
Postal
System,
creating
a
communication
and mail
system
while in
prison,
which
grew to
over 8
million
pieces
of mail,
and
facilitated
about 8
million
minutes
of calls
by the
year
2015.
His
business
venture
assists
prisoners
and the
postal
system
in
communications
and
better
receiving
of mail
through
the
prison
system.
These
gentlemen
coming
from
Atlanta
will be
joined
by Dr.
Marlo
Rencher,
Executive
Director
Cleary
Center
for
Innovation
and
Entrepreneurship,
creating
new
opportunities
through
Tech
Town
here in
the city
of
Detroit;
James
Chapman,
Director
of
Entrepreneurship
Quicken
Loans/Rock
Ventures,
Mark
Shulman,
Corporate
Counsel
Gayanga
Co.,
dealing
with
construction
and
technology;
and
Monica
Wheat,
Managing
Director
of
Backstage
Capitol.
These
individuals
bring a
wealth
of
knowledge
and a
clear
pathway
to
opportunities,
business,
and
economic
development.
They are
coming
to show
you how
to get
it done.
This
will be
held on
Saturday,
May 4th
at 3:00
PM.
You
may
contact
the
Detroit
Branch
NAACP at
(313)
871-2087
or visit
detroitnaacp.org
to
secure
your
tickets,
ads, or
for
information
about
this
significant
event.
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