Training to be Association’s First National Event in South Carolina in two decades
BALTIMORE (March 3, 2019)–The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization will host a press conference on Tuesday, March 6, to announce the Civil Rights Advocacy Training Institute (CRATI), to be held in Columbia, SC –the first nationally sponsored NAACP event to be held in South Carolina since economic sanctions impose in 2000.
Representatives from the national NAACP, the City of Columbia, along with other allies will make the announcement. Special guests include: Derrick Johnson, NAACP National President and CEO; Steve Benjamin, Mayor, City of Columbia; Cheryl Swanson, General Manager of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center; Bill Ellen, President and CEO of the Experience Columbia; Brenda Murphy, SC State Conference President; Gloria Sweet-Love, Region V Chair, National Board Member; James Gallman, NAACP National Board Member; Madie Robinson, NAACP National Board Member; Nelson B. Rivers, III, Former SC NAACP Executive Director; Charles L. White, Jr., Former SE Region Director.
WHEN: Tuesday, March 5, 2019
TIME: 2:30 PM EST
LOCATION:
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
1101 Lincoln Street
Columbia, South Carolina
PARTICIPANTS:
Derrick Johnson, NAACP National President and CEO
Steve Benjamin, Mayor, City of Columbia
Cheryl Swanson, General Manager of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Bill Ellen, President and CEO of the Experience Columbia
Brenda Murphy, SC State Conference President
Gloria Sweet-Love, Region V Chair, National Board Member
James Gallman, NAACP National Board Member
Madie Robinson, NAACP National Board Member
Nelson B. Rivers, III, Former SC NAACP Executive Director
Charles L. White, Jr., Former SE Region Director
ALSO INVITED: Representative Jerry Govan
Chair of the SC Legislative Black Caucus
About the NAACP
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. You can read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas at www.naacp.org.
