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New
Greater
Southfield/Farmington
Area
NAACP
Branch
Kicks
Off
Juneteenth
with
it’s
first
annual
Freedom
Fund
Brunch
 (Southfield,
MI) -
The
newly
formed
Southfield-Farmington
NAACP
Chapter
will
host its
first
annual
Freedom
Fund
Luncheon
on
Saturday,
June 2,
2012
from
9:00
a.m. to
12:00
p.m. at
the
Radisson
Kinglsey
Hotel
located
at 39475
Woodward
Avenue,
West
Bloomfield,
Michigan.
Chartered
by the
National
Organization
in
February
2011,
the
mission
of the
new
NAACP
branch
is to
speak
firmly
on
issues
affecting
the
community.
Branch
officers
are: Dr.
Jonice
Wilson-Butler,
president;
Fred
Daniels,
first
vice
president;
and
James
Jackson,
second
vice
president.
The
chapter
focuses
on the
communities
of
Southfield,
Southfield
Township,
Lathrup
Village,
Farmington
and
Farmington
Hills.
The
theme
for the
Freedom
Fund is
“Affirming
America’s
Promise.”
Ronald
E.
Snead,
Sr.,
chairman
of the
Board of
Trustees,
Ferris
State
University
is the
keynote
speaker.
Mr.
Snead
was
elected
chairman
of the
board in
November
2010 and
is the
first
African
American
graduate
of the
university
to hold
this
post.
Snead
was
first
appointed
to the
Ferris
board in
2005 by
Governor
Jennifer
Granholm
and will
complete
an
eight-year
term as
a
trustee
in late
2012.
Born in
Grand
Rapids
and a
resident
of
Greenville
for more
than 20
years,
Snead is
a Ferris
alumni
receiving
a degree
in
biology/pre-medicine
from the
university
in 1971.
He was
worked
with
nine of
Ferris
State
University’s
eighteen
presidents.
Associated
with
Ferris
for more
than
forty-years,
Snead
knows
first-hand
the
University’s
history
that
includes
racial
discord
of the
1960s
that
brought
unrest
and
violent
riots to
the
college
campus.
During
the
racial
conflict,
Snead
was
among
the
student’s
arrested
and his
car
overturned.
Recognized
as a
respected
student
advocate,
Snead
was ask
by then
president
of the
university
who
visited
in him
jail to
use his
leadership
and
public
speaking
abilities
to help
calm the
campus
unrest.
He
ultimately
ran for
and
served
as vice
president
of the
Ferris
student
government
charting
the
course
for
consensus
and
change
among
the
administration
and
students.
Snead
also
served
as
Second
Vice
President
of the
Michigan
State
NAACP
(1983-1993).
Now
retired,
he
worked
as a
corporate
industrial
executive
for
corporations
throughout
the
United
States.
Brunch
tickets
are
$50.00
each,
$60.00
for the
Meet and
Greet
and
Brunch
and $70
for the
Brunch,
Meet and
Greet
and
Annual
Dues.
Tickets
can be
purchased
on-line
at
Eventbrite
or call
(248)
498-2552.
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