“Thriving Together” is the title of the annual Freedom Fund Banquet, hosted by the Bucks County Branch of the NAACP on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Parx Casino Racing, 2999 Street Road, Bensalem.
The guest speaker for the evening is Angela Wells, Communications Workers of America director of education, human rights and health and safety. She started her career as a political organizer and later became a union activist and flight attendant for Continental/United Airlines. She is a longstanding member of the Association of Flight Attendants. She served as the national Master Executive Council legislative chair for AFA and served as an executive board member for the Harris County AFL-CIO.
More recently, Wells has worked as a senior strategist for Democracy Initiative in Washington, D.C. She returned to CWA in 2017 as an administrative director in Atlanta, Georgia, where she tirelessly bargained contracts and collective bargaining agreements with companies like AT&T and DirecTV on behalf of over 50,000 CWA members in the southeastern region of the United States and Puerto Rico.
The branch will also recognize several people who have given back to the community through extraordinary acts of service and dedication to the preservation of civil rights for everyone.
Tickets are available via Eventbrite at eventbrite.com/e/naacp-bucks-county-banquet-thriving-together-tickets-717987338457?aff=oddtdtcreator. Guests can use the promo code “THRIVE” to receive a special discount at checkout for the individual adult tickets, through Oct. 19. Full tables of eight and a limited number of tables of 10 are available. Advertising space can also be purchased for the Souvenir Ad Journal. For more information or to purchase corporate sponsorships, call 215-364-1057 or visit NAACPbucks.org.
