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Education Committee Chairperson: Barb Friedhoff Scott Gregory Scholarship Awards 2024 The Wooster/Orrville NAACP recently awarded five scholarships to area students totaling $7,400. Recipients and their post-secondary education choices include: Wooster High School graduates Aiden Holford, son of Ian & Alicia Holford - University of Cincinnati, Zhade Ellis, son of Sterivon & Misha Ellis - University of Akron, and Jackson Readinger, son of Alma Readinger - Ashland University. Wayne County Career Center graduate Journey Kaleal, daughter of Janet & Jonathan Kaleal - The Wayne County Career Center. Smithville High School graduate, Shayna Lowe, daughter of Rex & Connie Lowe-Charleston Southern University. The Wooster/Orrville NAACP’s goal is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. The work of the Wooster/Orrville NAACP Education Committee champions providing resources and members' participation in providing a positive school culture and high quality teaching for all Wooster/Orrville public schools students. We are intent on keeping our membership, and the public in general, apprised of what's going on in our schools and encourage all to be active supporters of equity and inclusion. By following the meetings of the Wooster City Schools' Diversity Task Force, we hope to do our part in promoting the integration of multicultural experiences and curriculum into our schools, the hiring of diverse classroom teachers and the implicit bias training necessary for all school employees. Local educational conditions and materials that might be racially derogatory or affecting minority groups are studied and we work to publicize and address issues where they are found. The committee also manages the Wooster/Orrville NAACP scholarship program in collaboration with the Wayne County Community Foundation. If you are interested in joining this committee, please contact us: Barb Friedhoff: barb.friedhoff@gmail.com Scott Gregory: gregorys@sssnet.com Available Scholarships Previous Award Winners

2024 Events May General Assembly Meeting: May 13th -5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. General Assembly Meeting: June 10th-5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. June July NATIONAL NAACP CONVENTION 2024 General Assembly Meeting: July 15th-5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. Ohio conference NAACP August General Assembly Meeting: August 12th-5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. September General Assembly Meeting: Sept. 9th-5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. October General Assembly Meeting: Oct. 14th-5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. November General Assembly Meeting: Nov. 11th-5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. December General Assembly Meeting: Dec 9th-5p at Community Action Wayne/Medina 905 Pittsburgh Ave. January 2025 MLK Celebration: January 20, 2025 7p MLK Essay Prompts

Membership Committe e Chairperson: Lawrence Walker Membership Join this multigenerational network of activities fighting for social justice, dismantling structural racism and advancing racial equity. For more information contact Lawrence Walker: walkie32@aol.com Become a Member Renew Membership Membership Form 2024 Membership Event

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Executive Team President Juanita Greene First Vice President Paul Luster Second Vice President Cheryl A. Goff Third Vice President Rev. Kevan Franklin Secretary Oliver Warren Treasurer David Newberry-Yorkley Chairpersons Mady Noble Rev. Kevan Franklin Lawrence Walker Barb Friedhoff Scott Gregory Committees Membership Criminal Justice Education Legal Redress MLK DAY Environment Become a Member Join a Committee

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Scholarship Winners 2023-2024 Ki'Asia Benjamin Cleveland Institue of Art Nolan Miller Miami University 2022-2023 Safaria Brown Kent State University Aisha Nelson-Ray OSU-ATI Christopher Vann The College of Wooster 2021-2022 Tamara Turner The College of Wooster