The NAACP Mansfield Branch #3190 will host its 39th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Dec. 12 at the Life Celebration Center, 129 S. Main St. The evening will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. followedby dinner from 6-8 p.m.
The featured speaker will be Andre Washington, second vice president of the Ohio State Conference of the NAACP. Washington is the president of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, an organization committed to promoting economic justice and racial equality, and is a labor organizer and advocate for underserved communities…