2024 Kenosha NAACP Freedom Fund
It is with great anticipation that the Kenosha Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) invites the public to support its Annual Freedom Fund Dinner, our 2024 event theme is “All In” The Freedom Fund Dinner is an established tradition for NAACP Branches across the country to raise funds and create pathways to effect change while advancing the cause of civil and human rights in America.
The Kenosha NAACP Branch is excited to continue the Rev. Olen Arrington, Jr. Excellence Award and the Bro. John Wright Justice Award for the 2024 Freedom Fund.
The Freedom Fund Event will start at the following times:
- Reception (Social Hour): 5:30 pm
- Program: 6:30 pm
The Guest speaker will be Judge Derek Mosley the Director of Marquette University Law Department. Judge Derek Mosley graduated from Marquette University Law School in 1995. After graduation, he served as an Assistant District Attorney for Milwaukee County from 1995-2002. As an Assistant District Attorney, he represented the State of Wisconsin in over 1,000 criminal prosecutions. In 2002, Mr. Mosley was appointed Municipal Court Judge in Milwaukee. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest African-American to be appointed judge in the State of Wisconsin. For ten years Mr. Mosley served as the Chief Judge of the Milwaukee Municipal Court. In 2023, Mr. Mosley became the Director of the Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education at Marquette University Law School.
Tickets cost $30 – $75.
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