The Seattle King County NAACP will celebrate the 40thAnniversary of NAACP ACT-SO in Seattle King County on Sun., June 30 from 3:00 p.m.to 6:00 p.m. at the Royal Esquire’s Club – 5016 Rainier Ave S. in Seattle.
The event, which will help raise funds to send local NAACP ACT-SO gold medal winners to the national competition this summer in Detroit, will feature food, performances, an awards ceremony. In addition, it will be an opportunity to celebrate and fellowship with past ACT-So participants.
ACT-SO, which stands forthe Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics, relies on community volunteers and business leaders to serve as mentors and coaches in promoting academic and artistic excellence among African-American and Hispanic students. By providing an arena where students strive to excel in the sciences, arts and humanities, ACT-SO equips its participants with the skills to live meaningful lives.
This year, the Seattle/King County NAACP will send fourSeattle/King County NAACP ACT-SO gold winners to the national competition. Representing Seattle/King County this year are: Rachel Joshua – Musical Instrumental Classical, Jaydon T. Beleford – Musical Vocal Classical, Sydney Coleman – Musical Vocal Contemporary, and Mychael Hodges – Dance Contemporary.
“We are so incredibly proud to send four local NAACP ACT-SO gold-medal winners to the national competition this summer in Detroit,” says Seattle King County NAACP President Sadiqa Sakin.
“Our talented youth are carrying the torch into our next 40 years of NAACP ACT-SO,” continued Sakin. “We are asking the community to help us support and celebrate their accomplishments, because we couldn’t have gotten this far without you.”
Tickets for the NAACP 40thAnniversary ACT-SO celebration are available online by visiting https://seattlekingcountynaacp.wildapricot.org/event-3413225. If you would like to make a direct donation to help fund this year’s trip to the national ACT-SO competition you can do so online at https://www.seattlekingcountynaacp.org/act-so-program.html.
Calling all past ACT-SO participants! Have you or someone you know competed at ACT-SO in the past? Please email our NAACP ACT-SO Chair, Darci, at act-so@seattlekingcountynaacp.org, we want you in attendance to celebrate!
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