WNC Mountain Moral Monday Event Held in Franklin

Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, President of the North Carolina NAACP

The Jackson County NC NAACP Branch 54AB hosted a WNC Mountain Moral Monday event at the gazebo across from the courthouse in Franklin Monday evening. A full video of the event and some photos are posted below. A list of speakers will be added later.

PROGRAM

Music was provided by Geoff McBride.

Speakers included 

Dr. Enrique Gomez, President of the Jackson County, NC Branch of the NAACP
John DeVille, History teacher Franklin HS, education and labor advocate.
Kallup McCoy II, recovery advocate and frequent commentator in NCRaw show
Roberta Bowles, former OB nurse at Angel Medical Center's Labor and Delivery Unit
Brooke Keener, Franklin Resident
Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, President North Carolina NAACP Conference of branches. More can be found here: https://naacpnc.org/rev-t-anthony-spearman/

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Published at 4:20 am on October 16, 2018

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