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Critical Race Theory
My name is Dr. Ursula Scott. I am an experienced, female African/Native-American, award-winning educator. While an HBCU undergraduate in Dr. Cheeseborough’s Transformational Generative Grammar class, I was implored to have a philosophy of education. In 1989 I came to...
A Juneteenth Reflection
Recently, I heard someone justify the current imbalanced race relations by correlating it to the letter of Paul to the Philemon, a Christian religious leader operating during the period of the Roman Empire and the church in his house. I found it so interesting that...
Community Unity Worship Service
The West Volusia Branch of the NAACP will celebrate Juneteenth, a commemoration of African American freedom, with a Virtual Worship Service on Friday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. The Reverend Dr. Rufus Wood, the Florida State NAACP Religious Affairs Chair will expound the...
Scholarship Recipients Announced
The Education Committee of the NAACP West Volusia Branch is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 David Staples NAACP Scholarship. Two students were selected this year, Asia-Marie Olude, from Pine Ridge High School, and Jayland Patrick, from DeLand High School. We...
The Church is Born
We are blessed to have the opportunity this year to celebrate Emancipation Day on Thursday, May 20, 2021, here in Florida. It is a great time for us to recognize that all enslaved persons shall be forever free! Also, we celebrate Pentecost Sunday on May 23,...
Juneteenth Unity in the Community Celebration
Come join us for a Juneteenth Unity in the Community Celebration! Thanks to the City of DeLand, Cameron Enterprises, Man Up, and Kinks, Coils, and Waves we will have a celebration event throughout the weekend on June 19th & 20th. This is a great opportunity to...
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