The Bremerton Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will be hosting its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday, May 14, at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club, 3885 Golf Club Hill Road, Bremerton.

The banquet begins with a Social hour at 6 p.m. The theme for this year’s banquet is “America’s Journey For Justice.”

The featured speaker at this year’s banquet will be Dr. Dexter Gordon, director of African American studies at the University of Puget Sound as well as its race and pedagogy initiative. Gordon brings together his more than 30 years of experience as an educator, preacher, scholar and community advocate to promote his vision of comprehensive community development grounded in equality and justice for all.

Gordon teaches rhetoric, media, culture and African American studies. Gordon’s research, writings and public intellectual work explore the many elements of rhetoric, race and identity, including such themes as social, intellectual and political history, public discourse and social theory through the  lens of rhetoric and cultural studies.

Tickets for the annual banquet are $65 and may be purchased at the event or by calling Lionel Collins 360-350-2252, Carl Jakebsson 360-434-8591, Tracy Flood 360-271-3381 and Bill Mahan 360-340-2500.

For more information please call Bill Mahan at 360-340-2500.