Keynote Speakers
We are extremely excited to have our keynote speakers and workshop presenters.
Luncheon
Craig Sims
Attorney
Craig Sims is a trial attorney by training and public speaker by passion. Apart from being a trial attorney, he also served as Seattle’s Chief Criminal Prosecutor, an adjunct-professor at Seattle University School of Law and a visiting-lecturer at the University of Washington School of Law.
Schedule, Sept. 8th
| 5:00 pm
Registration Opens
| 5:30 pm
Officer Meetings
Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers will hold their annual meeting.
| 6:30 pm
Convention Kick Off Event
Location TBA: Join community members, leaders and delegates from Alaska, Oregon and Washington at a social hour hosted by Convention Host Branch Seattle King County.
Schedule, Sept. 9th
| 6-8 am
Breakfast and Registration
| 8-11 am
Business Meeting and Assembly of Delegates
| 11:00 am
Election of Officers - Polls Open
Polls will open at 11am and will remain open until 3pm.
| 11:30 am
Luncheon featuring Craig Sims
| 1:00 pm
Moderated Workshops:
Civic Engagement: Looking ahead to 2024
Economic Development:
Criminal Justice:
Health:
Economic Development:
Criminal Justice:
Health:
| 5:00 pm
VIP Reception with Keynotes
Limited tickets available: Join our keynote speakers for a reception prior to dinner.
| 6:00 pm
Keynoted Dinner
Conference Location
Hyatt at Olive 8; 1635 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
All events will be held at the Hyatt at Olive 8, located in downtown Seattle. Friday night's reception hosted by the local Seattle King County NAACP Branch will be held elsewhere. Once the reception location is determined it will be listed here.
Click this link to reserve your hotel room at Hyatt at Olive 8.
All events will be held at the Hyatt at Olive 8, located in downtown Seattle. Friday night's reception hosted by the local Seattle King County NAACP Branch will be held elsewhere. Once the reception location is determined it will be listed here.
Click this link to reserve your hotel room at Hyatt at Olive 8.
Sponsors
When you support us, you strengthen our ability to continue our important work and advocate civil rights on behalf of our communities and individuals. Please support our work by selecting one of the sponsorship levels and join us September 9th.
Secure your sponsorship by clicking here or emailing [email protected]
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The Convention program booklet will be 8.5 x 11 and will contain of sponsors, advertisements, convention schedule, speakers & trainer biographies and banquet program. This souvenir program will be distributed to all attending the event.
Full Page - $300
Half Page - $150
Quarter Page - $75
Secure your advertisement by clicking here or by emailing your ad to [email protected]
Deadline for receiving ads is August 5th.
- We encourage camera ready copies, but will accept them in other formats (jpeg, tif, png, gif) to be reproduced in the program booklet.
Full Page - $300
Half Page - $150
Quarter Page - $75
Secure your advertisement by clicking here or by emailing your ad to [email protected]
Deadline for receiving ads is August 5th.
News & Updates
Stay up to date on speakers and workshop descriptions! Saturday's events will including workshops on Criminal Justice, a Youth Council presentation, Environmental Justice and Economic Development presented by the State Area Conference and Seattle King County Branch Chairs.
Join us for a welcome reception hosted by the Seattle King County NAACP!
Posted March 1
Friday night will kick off the Convention weekend with a networking reception hosted by Seattle King County NAACP. Location and time will be announced soon!