Registration is required to attend workshops and other events at the 63rd Annual State Convention of the Alabama NAACP State Conference. Scheduled breakfasts, luncheons and the Freedom Fund Banquet require purchasing tickets. These events will be at the Holiday Inn Downtown in the Mobile Historical District.
However, the Thursday night community workshop on payday lending and the Friday night mass meeting are open to the public.
Download the registration form HERE.
The conference schedule is as follows:
ADULT SCHEDULE
Thursday October 22, 2015
10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Press Conference — TBA
12:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Registration — Magnolia
5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Meet & Greet/ Community Workshop on Payday Lending — Clubroom
8:00 p.m. 8: 30 p.m. Executive Session with Host Branch — Clubroom
Friday October 23, 2015
6:00 a.m. 6:45 a.m. Yoga — Ballroom (D)
7:30a.m, 8:45 a.m. Labor/Human Rights Breakfast [ Free Tickets ] — Ballroom (A&B)
8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Registration — Magnolia
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary Session — Ballroom (C)
10:05 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Get Up – Get Moving/ Workshop #1 — Ballroom (D)
10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Roundtable Meeting (Well-Fargo/ASC Executive Committee) — Azalea
11:45 p.m. 1:15 p.m. W.I.N. Luncheon [ Tickets $25 ] — Ballroom (A&B)
Keynote Speaker Elizabeth Huntley, Esq. with the law firm Lightfoot, Franklin and White
1:15 p.m. 2:45 p.m. The Black Male: An Endangered Species? NAACP Lesson for Survival/ Workshop #2 — Ballroom (C)
3:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Building Stronger Units/ Workshop #3 — Ballroom (D)
3:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m. EEO/U.S. Dept. of Labor/Workshop #4 — Ballroom (C)
4:30 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Making Your Vote Count/ Workshop #5 — Ballroom (D)
Secretary of State John Merrill at 5:50 p.m. for Q&A on DMV Office Closures and Voting ID
6:30p.m. 8:30 p.m. Community Mass Meeting at Stone Street Baptist Church
9:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Delegate Reception Skyview Lounge
Saturday October 24, 2015
6:00 a.m. 6:45a.m. Aerobics — Ballroom (D)
7:30 a.m. 8:45a.m. Veterans Affairs Breakfast [ Tickets $20 ] — Ballroom (A&B)
8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Registration — Magnolia
9:00 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Second Plenary Session — Ballroom (C)
10:00a.m. 11:30 a.m. Healing and Wholeness for the Body/ Workshop #6 — Ballroom (D)
10:00a.m. 11:30 a.m. Environmental Justice/ Workshop #7 “Toxic Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality”
featuring Dr. Robert Ballard, “Father of Environmental Justice” — Ballroom (C)
11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. AL NAACP Elections/State and AYCD — Magnolia
12:00 p.m. 1:15 p.m. AYCD Luncheon [ Tickets $25 ] — Ballroom (A&B)
1:15 p.m. 2:25 p.m. President’s Forum — Azalea
1:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Education & Oratorical Contest/Workshop #8 — Ballroom (C)
3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Housing and Hands On Banking/ Workshop #9 — Ballroom (D)
4:35 p.m. 5:05 p.m. Quarterly Meeting — Ballroom (C)
6:15 p.m. 6:45 p.m. Awards Reception — Magnolia
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Freedom Fund Banquet Dinner [ Tickets $45 ] — Ballroom (A&B)
Sunday October 25, 2015
8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Executive Session — Azalea
11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Church Service — Greater Nazaree Missionary Baptist Church
COLLEGE AND YOUTH SCHEDULE
Friday October 23, 2015
12:00p.m. 5:00 p.m. Registration — Magnolia
7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Community Mass Meeting — Stone Street Baptist Church
9:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Delegation Reception — Skyview Lounge (must be 21 to enter)
Saturday October 24, 2015
8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Youth and College Registration — Magnolia
9:00 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Second Plenary Session — Ballroom (C)
10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Examining Your Leadership Style/Workshop #1 — Dogwood
11:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. Election (State & AYCD) — Magnolia
11:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m. AYCD Luncheon — Ballroom (A&B)
1:00 p.m. 2:00p.m. How to Overcome Racial Discrimination and Achieve Success/ Workshop #2 — Dogwood
2:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Payday Lending Spiraling Out of Control/ Workshop #3 — Dogwood
3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Building Stronger Units/ Workshop #4 — Dogwood
3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. President’s Session — Azalea
4:35 p.m. 5:05 p.m. Quarterly Meeting — Ballroom (C)
6:15 p.m. 6:45p.m. Awards Reception — Magnolia
7:00 p.m. 10:30p.m. Freedom Fund Banquet Dinner — Ballroom (A&B)
9:00 p.m. 12:00 a.m. Youth Social — TBD
