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NAACP Gala Tonight! Olympia Dukakis Monday on Eve of Presidential Election
November 3, 2012

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SF NAACP Black Tie Gala Tonight
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President Emeritus of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women San Francisco Honored

 
San Francisco-I Lee Murphy Reed, Founder and President Emeritus of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women San Francisco, will be among the honorees of the San Francisco Chapter of the NAACP's Freedom Fund Gala 2012.
SF NCBW President Emeritus, founder of chapter and "Golden Girls Hats and Gloves Tea" to be honored by NAACP Tonight! Click photos and see CBS 5 Commercial about the event
 she founded.

Mrs. Murphy Reed, wife of Tuskegee Airman Ben Reed,
will receive the NAACP Business and Professional Award for her work in establishing the San Francisco 100 Black Women Chapter, for establishing the African Heritage Museum and Educational Center (AHMEC) and for her years as a small business owner in the commercial and residential design business.

The NAACP will make additional presentations.
Dexter Woods Sr. will receive the NAACP Community Award for his work as Executive Director of San Francisco Juneteenth Festival; San Francisco Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., will receive the NAACP Rosa Parks Award for their commitment and dedication to the African American Community and for their positive efforts impacting women and youth; Naomi M. Kelly, San Francisco City Administrator will receive the NAACP Public Service Award for being the first woman and African American to serve as City Administrator of the City and County of San Francisco; Fredrick Douglas Butler, Esq., will receive the NAACP Advocacy Award for his legal work as an arbitrator and mediator for Civil Rights and Residential Real Estate disputes; and The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco will receive the NAACP Presidential Medal of Freedom Award for securing equal justice for all through the rule of law, targeting in particular the inequities confronting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.

NAACP Image Award-winning artist, Lenny Williams provides tonight's entertainment.

Special Guest for Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Monday @Jazz Heritage Center
Olympia Dukakis Electrifies in Elektra---
 
Olympia Dukakis Special Guest at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Subscription Party Monday at the Jazz Heritage Center.
San Francisco-The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre will be hosted by the Jazz Heritage Center on Monday and special guest will be Olympia Dukakis. On the eve of the presidential election, Dukakis, who knows first hand what it is like for a family to go through the American political process, will join with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre supporters to take a few moments to focus on the Arts and support of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre.

If you too, like the Bronco Bamma Girl,want a momentary break from the presidential campaign, come out for a good cause and meet Dukakis, Stephen Anthony Jones, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre  Artistic Director, who is also in Sophocles' Elektra (See Article), and other supporters and friends.

Enjoy the elegance of Elektra and the Arts at the Jazz Heritage Center
(Thank you Christine Harris and Peter Fitzsimmons) and sign up for your season subscription of the Lorraine Hansberry "Bringing Art to the Audience." 

Get ready for "Angelique" by Lorena Gale at MoAD, December 8th
(Thank you, Grace Stanislaus).

Keep the Arts Alive! "Keep the Dreams" of Lorraine, Stanley, Quentin, the actors and supporters of the Lorraine Hansberry, for more than 30 years "Alive to Thrive!"








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