We are honored thrilled to share with you that our keynote speaker for this year’s Johnson City-Washington County Branch NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet will be Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson!
The Banquet, with its theme of “Every Generation Has Its Moment—This Is Ours,” will also feature musical performances from the ETSU Gospel Choir, Taleah Rogers & We Sing His Praise. The banquet dinner will be catered by Taste Budz.
Join us November 23rd, starting at 6:00 pm, at the New Zion Faith Center, 1904 Jamestown Road, Johnson City, TN to support the work of the Johnson City-Washington County Branch NAACP and to honor the legacy of our beloved, recently departed branch president, Ralph Davis.
Seating is limited to 200, so act quickly if you want to guarantee a space!
To purchase tickets to the banquet, or to place an ad in the event’s souvenir journal, contact the Freedom Fund Banquet Committee via lisaeblack809@gmail.com or (423) 612-7601.
About the keynote speaker:
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson is a 34 year old, Affrilachian (Black Appalachian), working class woman, born and raised in Southeast Tennessee. Ash-Lee is the first black woman Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center, a social justice leadership training school and cultural center founded in 1932. Through popular education, language justice, participatory research, cultural work, and intergenerational organizing, they help create spaces — at Highlander and in communities — where people gain knowledge, hope and courage, expanding their ideas of what is possible. Ash-Lee is a long-time activist working against environmental racism in central and southern Appalachia, and has fought for workers rights, racial justice, women and LGBTQUIA+ rights, reproductive justice, international human rights, and led-intergenerational social movements across the South. She serves on the governance council of the Southern Movement Assembly and is a nationally recognized leader in the Movement for Black Lives.