This year the 43rd Annual Syracuse Onondaga NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner will be in person and will feature Civil Rights Attorney, Benjamin Crump as keynote speaker. The event will be held on Thursday, May 26, 2022 (4:00 pm, Check-In, 5:00 p.m. Event Start). Our theme this year; “Pursuing Liberty in the Face of Injustice!”
The dinner will be held at the Ramada by Wyndham in Liverpool, NY, and is set to include a VIP cocktail hour, featuring the Kool Jazz Band and guest Emcee for the evening, Evelyn Ingram.
Entertainment for the evening will include all-star performances from members of the Antoinette Montague Experience/Jazz Woman to the Rescue. Honorary co-chairs for the event are Vicki Brackens, Brackens Financial Solutions Network, LLC, Steven Fournier, CNY Market President, KeyBank; Laura Serway, Laci’s Supper Club and Joanie Mahoney, President, SUNY ESF.
Syracuse NAACP Honorees include recipients of the:
- Harriet Tubman Freedom Fund Award, Vera House;
- Linda Brown-Robinson and Van B. Robinson Lifetime Achievement Award, Onondaga Votes and the League of Women Voters;
- Earl G. Graves, Sr. Corporate Award, Garland Brothers Funeral Home;
- Madam C. J. Walker Small Business Award; CNY Latino;
- Mary McLeod Bethune Educator Award, Karen Harrison, Professor of Communications, Onondaga Community College;
- Philip Randolph CNY Union Award, Mark Spadafore, President, Greater Syracuse Labor Council;
- Oprah Winfrey Philanthropy Award, Rahma Health Clinic
- Maye, McKinney & Melchor Freedom & Justice Award, Volunteer Lawyer’s Project of CNY, Inc.
Guests have the option of purchasing tickets to participate in the event which includes an annual membership to the Syracuse Onondaga NAACP Chapter and purchasing an additional ticket to the VIP reception for the evening.
For more information visit us via our social media, via our website at www.syracusenaacp.com or register directly at https://syracusenaacpffd2022.eventbrite.com .
When registering for the event guests will be asked to fill out a registration form and submit it along with payment by credit card or by mail with a check and a printed response form to the Syracuse Onondaga NAACP at PO Box 11375, Syracuse, New York 13218. It’s important that all guests register online even if you plan to mail in checks.
Those patrons interested in sponsorship opportunities or submitting artwork for our event journal should contact us at Freedom2022Ads@gmail.com.
The Freedom Fund dinner helps to support programming such as voter registration drives, legal redress, health programs and more. The NAACP, along with our one million-plus members, advocates, and activists throughout the United States, are frontline advocates committed to raising awareness to secure the civic, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. We are truly united in this fight and have been doing so for 145 years! Join us to celebrate those individuals and organizations that have done the same in the CNY region.
Syracuse Onondaga NAACP 43rd Annual Freedom Fund Award Dinner
“Pursuing Liberty in the Face of Injustice!”
Featuring Keynote Speaker: Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022
Time: 4:00 p.m. Check In, 5:00 p.m. Event Start
Place: Ramada Inn at Wyndham, Liverpool, NY 13088
Purchase Tickets at: https://syracusenaacpffd2022.eventbrite.com
