NACWC, which operates in 45 states, convenes on July 24 in Little Rock.
The Washington-based National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC) will celebrate its 126th anniversary and 63rd biennial convention in Little Rock, Arkansas next week.
The convention will be open to the public and kicks off July 24 at the Doubletree by Hilton Little Rock (located at 424 W. Markham St.), the Arkansas Gazette reports.
The association’s 30th national president, Arkansas native Andrea Brooks-Smith, told the Gazette that it was a personal decision to bring the convention to Little Rock.
“There hasn’t been an NACWC Inc. convention held in the state of Arkansas in over 75 years,” she said. “I am an Arkansan. I am who I am because of the encouragement and lessons taught by the Arkansas chapter of NACWC, so there was no other option for me.”
Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders will be honored on the group’s Night of Excellence featuring guest speaker Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, president of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. Glover also serves as international president and chief executive officer of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority Inc.
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