For 100 years, the Brooklyn Branch of the NAACP has led the fight to protect, secure, and advance fairness and civil rights for Black Brooklynites and other underserved groups.

Join us for an evening of revelry to celebrate and honor one hundred years of action, activism, and advancing the cause of civil rights and justice.

HONOREES

President’s Award

Gloria Carter

Co-Founder and CEO, Shawn Carter Foundation

Lucille Rose Living Legend Award

Dr. Brenda M. Greene

Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature

Director of the National Black Writers Conference

Freedom Star Award

C. Zawadi Morris

Founder & Publisher, BK Reader

Legal Leadership

Esmeralda Simmons, Esq. & Attorney General Letitia James

Entrepreneurship Award

Tompkins Avenue Merchant Association (TAMA)

Religious Service

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Valiant Service

Dr. Torian Easterling
Former First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Uché Blackstock, MD

Founder and CEO, Advancing Health Equity

Emergency Medicine Physician

Robert Gore, MD

Founder KAVI - Kings Against Violence Initiative

Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County - SUNY Downstate Hospitals