Name: Passing the Baton: a celebration of youth, culture & community
Start: 2024-10-26T19:00:00-04:00
Location: George Mason University - Mason Square, 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA 22201

Passing the Baton: a celebration of youth, culture & community

77th Annual NAACP Arlington Branch Freedom Fund Banquet
Join us for Arlington's biggest civil rights & social justice event of the year!
** Tickets & Sponsorship Opportunities Available Now **
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NAACP Arlington Branch is excited to host Passing the Baton: A Celebration of Youth, Culture & Community, a vibrant evening event focused on empowering and celebrating our youth while honoring the legacy and wisdom of our elders. This event will serve as a dynamic bridge between generations, highlighting the importance of cultural continuity and the symbolic “passing of the baton” to the next generation.
** More Details **
https://www.arlingtonnaacp.com/freedom-fund-banquet
SPONSOR & JOURNAL DEADLINE
5:00 pm, Tuesday, October 15, 2024
TICKET/TABLE DEADLINE
5:00 pm, Monday, October 23, 2024
** Keynote Speaker **
Dr. Gregory Washington
President, George Mason University
George Mason University President Gregory Washington leads Virginia's largest and most diverse public university, a top-tier research institution that has rapidly emerged as a leader in innovation, entrepreneurship and social mobility.
Under Dr. Washington’s leadership, Mason in fall 2023 became the first four-year public university in Virginia to enroll more than 40,000 students. Mason also continues to grow in stature. The Wall Street Journal (#33) and Forbes (#40) rank Mason among the best public universities in the country. In 2023, Mason was named Virginia’s top public university for social mobility by U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal and Washington Monthly, and the New York Times ranks Mason as Virginia’s top public university for economic diversity.
Since launching his Mason presidency in July 2020, Dr. Washington has created new academic and entrepreneurial pathways, opened or broken ground on academic facilities on all three Virginia campuses across the university’s 848 acres, and presided over the highest research expenditures and philanthropy in Mason history.
Dr. Washington earned three mechanical engineering degrees at North Carolina State University and is the former engineering dean at Ohio State University (interim) and the University of California, Irvine. The New York City native was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2023.