| 6th Annual Membership Luncheon, Walking Challenge, Health Grant, T-shirt design competition and more
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6th Annual Membership Luncheon
Honoring Life Members and Life Member Associations
 June 29, 2pm - 5pm
Salvation Army Citadel
13 Trinity Place, Montclair
This year, the membership luncheon will honor those who have worked so
hard to establish and uphold the mission and principles of the NAACP.
Our keynote speaker is the Honorable Sybil Elias, Presiding Judge in
East Orange. There will also be a performance by Diversity Youth
Theater.
Ticket prices remain unchanged from last year
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Regular Adult: $65
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Subscribing Silver Life: $110
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Youth/Student: $45
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Seniors: $55
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30-Day Walking Challenge
The Health Committee has started their 30-Day walking challenge at
Hurrell Field. Every day at 5pm, the committee will meet at Hurrell
Field in Glen Ridge to walk 1 mile, rain or shine. You can walk with the
committee or on your own time. Can you keep up with the challenge?
Click here to download the tracking sheet.
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Montclair NAACP Receives National Health Grant
The Montclair NAACP received word that they are in receipt of the
National NAACP's Healthy Eating, Lifestyle and Physical Activity grant.
The grant will be used to provide programs to combat childhood obesity
and more.
"Soul Food Junkies"
Monday May 6, 2013 at 6:30pm
Glenfield Middle School
25 Maple Ave, Montclair
Screening of of the PBS documentary, "Soul Food Junkies" with it's
Byron Hurt, Writer, Director and Producer of this award winning
documentary.
Join us, The Montclair African American Heritage Day Parade and
Festival Committee, 4th Ward Councilwoman Dr Renee Baskerville,
Montclair Neighborhood Development Corp, Ariane Duartes (Owner of
CulinAriane Restaurant and a winner of BRAVO's "Top Chef"), Michael
Carrino (Owner of Pig and Prince and winner of Food Network's "Chopped")
and Abraham Dickerson (Chef/Caterer of ABE Foods).
A special thank you to the sponsors of the event, the Montclair Fund
for Educational Excellence, Glenfield PTA and School Action Team, Pig
and Prince Restaurant and Gastro Lounge, CulinAriane, the Montclair
Neighborhood Develoment Corporation, and ABE Foods.
DVDs will be available.
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3 Montclair Students Awarded Medals at State ACT-SO Competition
 Sunday,
April 21, with an auditorium full of parents, students and supporters
of the NJ Afro-Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics
(ACT-SO), Montclair students sat on the edge of their seats waiting to
hear the results of the competition held the week prior. The Montclair
NAACP played host to the NJ State ACT-SO Competition at Montclair High
School. Almost 300 students who competed at the State Competition waited
anxiously to find out who would be the winners of the coveted state
bronze, silver and gold medals.
Three Montclair Students won medals at the State Awards Ceremony: Ayana
Ayscue, silver medal in architecture; A’layeah Josianne, silver in
filmmaking; and, Mariah Ayscue, silver in Playwriting, bronze in vocal
music contemporary and dramatics.
The Montclair NAACP will get the ball rolling for the 2014 ACT-SO team
on Saturday, May 11th at noon at the Montclair Neighborhood Development
Corporation, 228 Bloomfield Avenue. If you have a high school student,
who you would like to participate, come out and meet the chair and some
of the volunteers.
For more information, contact Tom Reynolds, Tom@ACTSOMontclair.org
Check out the pictures on Facbeook!
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Calling all Artist!
Montclair NAACP Host T-Shirt Design Competition
The Montclair NAACP is looking for entries to the T-shirt design
competition. The shirt will be the one worn by members who march in the
24th Annual Montclair African American Heritage Day Parade and Festival.
The t-shirt design should include the NAACP logo and symbolize the
parade, Montclair and the NAACP.
The winning t-shirt designer will receive a $100 prize (for members) or $70 and 1-year NAACP membership (for non-members).
Entries are due by May 18th at 10am. Email designs to Membership@MontclairNAACP.org
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Tom Reynolds to Speak at Leadership 500
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has
approached Montclair NAACP President Tom Reynolds to speak at the NAACP
Leadership 500 Summit (www.L500.org).
As the youngest president of an adult branch, Reynolds will be speaking
about Economic Development and community involvement. He joins with
other young presidents, including Akosua Tyus, who worked with Reynolds
to produce a national resolution to address young adult leadership
mentoring, recruitment and retention.
Reynolds was approached by the office of the Chairman of the NAACP,
Roslyn Brock, to be a speaker at Leadership 500 for his work in Economic
Development, having hosted multiple financial literacy workshops, youth
economic empowerment workshops and more. Chairman Brock took a visit to
Montclair last October to speak at the Montclair NAACP’s 96th Annual
Freedom Fund Dinner.
“I want to highlight the work that can be done with useful
partnerships,” said Reynolds, “we have partnered with the Financial
Planning Association, Montclair Neighborhood Development Corporation,
Valentine Global, the Budgetnista, Investors Savings Bank and others to
make sure that the best information reaches the largest cross-section of
our members. We had people as young as middle school students to
80-plus year old seniors participate in our Financial Well Being
workshop series. And we want to reach more.” Financial Literacy is never
seen as an entertaining topic, but the speakers lined up by the NAACP
tries to change that view.
Leadership 500 offers a venue for corporate, business, academic,
community, and civic leaders to participate in 2 ½ days of thought
provoking, interactive panel discussions, strategy sessions that provide
the opportunity for the NAACP to directly engage them in its current
civil rights agenda.
The NAACP 9th Annual Leadership 500 Summit May 23 – 26, 2013 in Naples, Florida.
We are proud of Tom as he represents Montclair at the national leadership summit!
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