The New Rochelle Branch of the NAACP will be hosting a Community Martin Luther King Day Program at St. Catherine AME Zion Church, 19 Lincoln Avenue New Rochelle, NY on Monday, January 20th, 2025. Both its H.S. Youth Chapter and its Youth Council are coming together to honor Dr. King’s Legacy with a morning of reflection, music, and poetry. A continental breakfast will be served from 8 am-9 am. The program will commence at 9:30.
On Sunday, January 26th, 2025 The New Rochelle Branch of the NAACP will host its Annual Community Jubilee Celebration at Bethesda Baptist Church, 71 Lincoln Avenue, New Rochelle, NY at 4 pm. The Jubilee Celebration is done in remembrance of the implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the United States on January 1, 1865, except in specified circumstances. The newly elected branch officers and executive committee members will be sworn in by New Rochelle Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert during this celebration.
Admission is free to both events and all are invited to attend.
