Cleveland Branch at 117th NAACP National Convention

Your Cleveland Branch representatives at the NAACP National Convention in Chicago last month included our Delegates and Alternates:

President Will Tarter – Delegate

First VP Pam Mason – Delegate

Alex Harper – Delegate

Angela Shute Woodson – Delegate

Danielle Sydnor – Delegate

Matthew White – Delegate

Meryl Johnson – Delegate

Ronisha Jordan – Delegate

Sam Dickerson – Delegate

Trayvon Edwards – Delegate

Our ACT-SO winners attending the National Competition included:

Isaiah Bady — Entrepreneurship

Cydney Hopkins — Contemporary Dance

Ja'chara Taylor — Vocal Contemporary

Our ACT-SO competitors competed at a high level and represented our Branch and the City well. We are very proud of them!

The new leaders from the NAACP Cleveland Youth Council, Unit 3800, also attended.

There were many resolutions approved on the Convention floor. You can see the list (as well as past years' resolutions) at this National website resolutions resource. One that's posted already is "Abolish ICE: NAACP Demands the Removal of Funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Greater Accountability." Read it in full here.