Fresno Branch, 1900 Mariposa, Suite #101

Fresno, CA 93705

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 22, 2015

The Fresno Branch of the NAACP gets a new facelift

The local NAACP vows to uphold key services geared toward providing for victims of injustices
(Fresno, Calif.) Its a new day with some of the same old issues in communities of color; many
minorities--now the new majoritystill experience bouts of discrimination and racism in what some would call
the two Americans: for the ones who live the dream and for the ones who live the daily nightmare.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has had a history of being
the voice for the underserved citizens who often live in the restricted Americathe nightmare.
Now under new leadership, the NAACP Fresno Branch President LeRoy Candler, Jr. is determined to
have a directed focus on services for its members and community as a whole.
We cant call ourselves a service organization if the greater community of color is still suffering, said
Candler. We know that legal services are a big need and can be expensive. Thats why we want to provide real
legal services that will provide our community with useful information.
By using technology to inform the San Joaquin Valley of the most up-to-date issues nationwide and
locally, the Fresno Branch of the NAACP intends to connect with the community via flyers, the web, through
local black media partners and other local Valley NAACPs.
We are grateful and appreciate the leadership team who helped to create the foundation and maintain the
local organization, said Vice-President Atiya Cruise. Now we are able to focus on key services in the education
arena, political sector and legal assistance.
New officers for the Fresno Branch of the NAACP will be sworn in this Sunday, January 25th at 3:00PM
at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church; the 90 percent female executive team have hit the ground running with
new action plans and leadership opportunities they will brief the community with at the swearing in ceremony.

EVENT:

Official Officers Swearing in Ceremony

DATE:

Sunday, Jan. 25, 2014

TIME:

3:00PM (Free admission)

LOCATION: Fellowship Baptist Church, 2529 East Belmont Ave., Fresno, CA

For media inquiries call: 559-242-6788.

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