NAACP OHIO STATE CONFERENCE

95th STATE CONVENTION

The Fierce Urgency of Now:
All About the Children

  • Friday, August 22 – Saturday, August 23, 2025
  • Hilton Polaris
  • 8700 Lyra Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43240

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Join us for the 95th Annual Ohio NAACP State Convention, where we focus on the future—our children. This two-day event will bring together community leaders, activists, and advocates committed to justice, education, and equality.

Delegate Registration & Event Access:

Delegate Registration includes access to:

  • All conference sessions
  • Luncheons
  • Labor Dinner
  • Presidential Reception

Non-Delegate Pricing:

  • Luncheons: $40 each event
  • $25 each non delegate youth
  • Receptions: Free

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THE ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION | SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Friday, August 22, 2025

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Opening Registration

  • Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Election of the Election Procedures Committee

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Black Media Memorial Luncheon

  • Honoring the Founders: Don Black, Bill Ellis, and George Freeman
  • Keynote Speaker: Distinguished guest from the legal or business community

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

Movement Lawyering

  • Supports and advances social movement.
  • Law & Education: Angela Groves, J.D
  • Law & Community Issues: Sean Walton, J.D

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Alternative Programs for Young People

  • Carlton Weddington, Think, Make Live Youth, Inc.
  • Lejuan Coleman, Office of Violence Prevention, City of Columbus

5:30 PM

Opening Plenary Session

  • Credentials Report (Treasurer Willie Perryman)
  • Election Supervisory Committee (Elect 5 Delegates)
  • Election of Time and Place Committee (Elect 3 Delegates)
  • Election of Resolutions Committee (Elect 3 Delegates)
  • Election of Credentials Committee (Elect 3 Delegates)

7:00 PM

President’s Reception

  • Networking, entertainment, and honoring NAACP leaders and partners

Saturday, August 23, 2025

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Election Supervisory Committee

  • CANDIDATES FORUM BREAK

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Executive Committee Meeting

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Plenary Session

  • Opening Remarks
  • Report of Credentials Committee Convention Vice Chair
  • Remarks: Edna Borders
  • Vice Presidents Remarks: Annette McCoy (Third VP), Andre Washington (Second VP), Dr. Derrick L. Foward (First VP)
  • President Tom Roberts Remarks
  • Update Education Task Force: Best Academic Model for Black Students
  • James Brown & Darlene Dunlap
  • Christine Collins, Executive Director, Honesty for Education
  • Dr. Geraldine Nelson, Education Update
  • Media Information: J Rita McNeil Danish, ESQ., Chief Executive Officer, SIGNAL Housing PResentation
  • Darlene Newbern

11:45 AM – 1:30 PM

Women in NAACP (WIN) Luncheon

  • Honoring outstanding women leaders and advocates across the state
  • Dr. Ange Marie Hancock, Executive Directior, Kirwan Institute

1:45 PM – 2:30 PM

Legal Redress Training

  • Cassandrea Tucker & Denise Williams

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Compliance Training

  • Dr. Derrick L Foward

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Election Results

  • Report of Time and Place Committee
  • Report of Resolutions Committee
  • Report of Credentials

6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Labor Reception

7:00 PM

Labor and Leadership Dinner

  • Celebrating achievements in labor, civil rights, and advocacy
  • Adjourn the 96th Annual Convention