KICK-OFF AND PASSING OF THE GAVEL - 71ST ANNUAL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM FUND DINNER

(from left to right): 2026 Community Co-Chair Dennis Archer, Jr., Esq., CEO, Ignition Media Group; Kamilia K. Landrum, Executive Director, NAACP Detroit Branch; Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, President, NAACP. Detroit Branch; 2026 Senior Corporate Chair Gary Torgow, Chairman, Huntington Bank; 2026 General Chair Brittany Lavis, Group Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Medical Center; 2025 Community Co-Chair Cliff G. Green, CFO & Co-Founder, Hot Sam’s; and 2025 Community Co-Chair Tony Stovall, CEO & Co-Founder, Hot Sam’s.

In observing the current state of political-socio events in our nation, that direction leaves us with but one choice. It is rooted in the theme that the NAACP Detroit Branch has selected for its 71st Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner, LIBERTY OR OPPRESSION - THE CHOICE IS OURS.